Cloning and expression of curcin, a ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Jatropha curcas

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 858-863

  Lin, Juan ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Yan, Fang ^a   Tang, Lin ^a   Chen, Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Curcin; In Escherichia coil expression; Jatropha curcas; RNA N glycosidase

Indexed keywords

CLONE; PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0141760478     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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