Expression in Escherichia coli of a Putative Human Acetohydroxyacid Synthase

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-201

  Duggleby, Ronald G ^a   Kartikasari, Apriliana E R ^a   Wunsch, Rebecca M ^a   Lee, Yu Ting ^a   Kil, Mee Wha ^b   Shin, Ju Young ^b   Chang, Soo Ik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxyacid synthase; Branched chain amino acids; Herbicide inhibition; Heterologous expression; Protein refolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034395526     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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