Expression, isolation, and characterization of a chloroplast targeting peptide

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-350

  Wienk, Hans L J ^a   De Kruijff, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID PROTEIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEA; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREFERREDOXIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RADIOISOTOPE;

EID: 0033486284     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1139     Document Type: Article

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