Expression, purification and preliminary characterization of mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) metallothionein MT20

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-272

  Grattarola, Myriam ^a   Carloni, Mara ^a   Dondero, Francesco ^b   Viarengo, Aldo ^a,b   Vergani, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expression; Metal binding; Metallothionein isoforms; Oxidative and metal bridge Polymerization; Subcloning

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYTILUS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 33751045419     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-006-9009-7     Document Type: Article

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