Cloning and expression of human phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase in Escherichia coli: Comparative study of purified recombinant enzymes

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 260-267

  Moor, Nina ^a,b   Linshiz, Gregory ^a   Safro, Mark ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KINETICS; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036514451     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1560     Document Type: Article

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