Expression, purification, and DNA-binding activity of the Herbaspirillum seropedicae RecX protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 298-303

  Galvão, Carolina W ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Yates, M Geoffrey ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Steffens, Maria Berenice R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA binding activity; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; RecX protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

EID: 2642580947     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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