Expression of a zinc-binding domain of boar spermatidal transition protein 2 in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 454-462

  Sato, Hiroki ^a   Akama, Kuniko ^a   Kojima, Shuichi ^b   Miura, Kin ichiro ^b   Sekine, Atsushi ^a   Nakano, Minoru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CpG rich sequence; Gene engineering; Transition protein; Zinc binding domain

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SPERMATOZOON; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033179751     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1095     Document Type: Article

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