Purification and characterization of a plant antimicrobial peptide expressed in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Harrison, Stuart J ^a   McManus, Ailsa M ^a   Marcus, John P ^a   Goulter, Ken C ^a   Green, Jodie L ^a   Nielsen, Katherine J ^a   Craik, David J ^a   MacLean, Donald J ^a   Manners, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA;

EID: 0033102462     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0992     Document Type: Article

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