Expression of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Thioltransferase and Thioredoxin Genes under Limited Growth Conditions

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 395-401

  Cho, Young Wook ^a   Sa, Jae Hoon ^b   Park, Eun Hee ^c   Lim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^c Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Galactosidase fusion; Expression; Fission yeast; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Thioltransferase; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035603252     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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