A ribonuclease from Chinese ginseng (Panax ginseng) flowers

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Wang, H X ^a   Ng, T B ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flowers; Ginseng; Isolation; Ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0842331845     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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