Auto-induction and purification of a Bacillus subtilis transglutaminase (Tgl) and its preliminary crystallographic characterization

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Plácido, Diana ^a   Fernandes, Catarina G ^a   Isidro, Anabela ^a   Carrondo, Maria Arménia ^a   Henriques, Adriano O ^a   Archer, Margarida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Crystallization; Macromolecular assembly; Spore coat; Spore surface; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE;

EID: 40849092856     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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