High-level expression and characterization of fully active recombinant congereel galectins in eschericia coli

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 476-480

  Ogawa, Tomohisa ^a   Ishii, Chihiro ^a   Suda, Yuji ^a   Kamiya, Hisao ^b   Muramoto, Koji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Conger eel; Escherichia coli; Galectin; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALECTIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EELS; GALECTINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036483664     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.476     Document Type: Article

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