Expression of ricin A chain and ricin A chain-KDEL in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Zhan, Jinbiao ^a   Chen, Yongdui ^a   Wang, Keyi ^a,b   Zheng, Shu ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum; Retention signal; Ricin A chain

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 1642377012     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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