Immunoaffinity purification of the RAP30 subunit of human transcription factor IIF

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-266

  Thompson, Nancy E ^a   Burgess, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033230436     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1128     Document Type: Article

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