Protein tagging in Tetrahymena

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 62, 2000, Pages 549-559

  Yu, Lanlan ^a   Gorovsky, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033988260     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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