Expression of the Trypanosoma brucei phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biochimie

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-127

  Yévenes, Alejandro ^a   Cardemil, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0034144084     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(00)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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