Tabtoxin-resistant protein: Overexpression, purification, and characterization

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-444

  Liu, Jinyuan ^a   Le, Yi ^a   Ye, Bin ^a   Zhen, Yun ^a   Zhu, Chunming ^a   Shen, Jian ^a   Zhang, Riqing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Overexpression; Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci; Purification; Tabtoxin resistant protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI; VECTORS;

EID: 0036453128     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1586     Document Type: Article

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