Expression of biologically active neurotrophin - 4 of giant panda in Escherichia coli

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Rao, Gang ^a,b   Fang, Shengguo ^a,b   Tsutomu, Fujihara ^c   Wei, Fuwen ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Repro Biol for Endangered Wild   (China)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gene expression; Giant panda (ailuropoda melanoleuca); Neurotrophin 4; Purification

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA; VECTORS;

EID: 1642284512     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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