Recombinant expression and characterization of an extremely hyperthermophilic archaeal histone from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-152

  Weng, Liang ^a   Feng, Yan ^a   Ji, Xin ^a   Cao, Shugui ^a   Kosugi, Yoshitsugu ^b   Matsui, Ikuo ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Histone

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 0346336189     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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