Cytoplasmic expression of the Achromobacter xylosoxidans blue copper nitrite reductase in Escherichia coli and characterisation of the recombinant protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-292

  Ho, Wing Ho ^a   Ooi, Bee Lean ^a   Jørgensen, Anne Marie ^a   Borg, Lotte ^a   Jespersen, Lise Lotte ^a   Christensen, Hans E M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Blue copper enyzmes; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Mass spectroscopic analysis; Nitrite reductase; pET3a; Protein expression; Recombinant enzyme

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0348196649     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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