Cloning, over-expression, purification, and characterisation of N-acetylneuraminate synthase from Streptococcus agalactiae

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 346-356

  Suryanti, Venty ^a,b   Nelson, Adam ^a   Berry, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Fac of Math and Natural Sciences   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXOSAMINES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; METALS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PHENYLGLYOXAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0037296165     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00633-2     Document Type: Article

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