Guinea pig liver transglutaminase: A modified purification procedure affording enzyme with superior activity in greater yield

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-95

  Leblanc, Anouk ^a   Day, Nicolas ^a   Ménard, Annie ^a   Keillor, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FREEZE DRYING; GUINEA PIG; LIVER; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033213463     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1107     Document Type: Article

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