Biochemical analysis of the modular enzyme inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Nimmesgern, Elmar ^a   Black, James ^a   Futer, Olga ^a   Fulghum, John R ^a   Chambers, Stephen P ^a   Brummel, Christopher L ^a   Raybuck, Scott A ^a   Sintchak, Michael D ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTROPOLARIMETRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033230591     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1136     Document Type: Article

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