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Expression and characterisation in E. coli of mutant forms of saporin.
Journal of biotechnology - 25 May 2005
Pittaluga Eugenia, Poma Anna, Tucci Adele, Spanò Laura
Abstract excerpt
In the present communication, we report on the expression and characterisation in Escherichia coli of mutant derivatives of saporin, a type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein from Saponaria officinalis L. The effects of substitution of Glu 176 with Lys and those of deletion of 19 amino acids at the C-terminal were evaluated both in vivo, testing the influence of expressed proteins on bacterial growth and in vitro...
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