Chaperone activity of recombinant maize chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor, EF-Tu

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3684-3692

  Rao, Damodara ^a   Momcilovic, Ivana ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a   Callegari, Eduardo ^b   Ristic, Zoran ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor (EF Tu); Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TOLERANCE; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4544318828     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04309.x     Document Type: Article

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