Expression, purification, and characterization of Leishmania donovani trypanothione reductase in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-286

  Mittal, Mukul K ^a   Misra, Smita ^a   Owais, Mohammad ^b   Goyal, Neena ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Heterologous expression; Leishmania donovani; Trypanothione reductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844320550     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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