Cloning, expression, and purification of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase from Mus musculus

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-283

  Anguera, Montserrat C ^a   Liu, Xiaowen ^a   Stover, Patrick J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; MTHFS

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 2642577608     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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