Depsipeptide substrates for sortase-mediated N-terminal protein ligation

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-262

  Williamson, Daniel J ^a   Webb, Michael E ^a   Turnbull, W Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DEPSIPEPTIDES; GLYCINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; THIOUREA;

EID: 84893277668     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.003     Document Type: Article

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