Characterization of recombinant horse cytochrome c synthesized with the assistance of Escherichia coli cytochrome c maturation factors

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1601, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Kellogg, Jason A ^a   Bren, Kara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c maturation; Gene expression; Heme protein

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HORSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0037121463     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-9639(02)00471-5     Document Type: Article

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