The expression of tomato prosystemin in Escherichia coli: A structural challenge

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-82

  Délano, John P ^a   Dombrowski, James E ^a   Ryan, Clarence A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSYSTEMIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TOMATO; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0343396108     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1113     Document Type: Article

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