Overexpression in Escherichia coli and purification of pteridine reductase (PTR1) from a clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 228-236

  Kumar, Pranav ^a   Kothari, Hema ^a   Singh, Neeloo ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Clinical isolate; Leishmania donovani; Pteridine reductase 1; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PTERIDINE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 8844278445     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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