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spellingShingle Pekrun, Katja, Petry, Harald, Jentsch, Klaus‐Dieter, Moosmayer, Dieter, Hunsmann, Gerhard, Lüke, Wolfgang, European Journal of Biochemistry, Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems, Biochemistry
title Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
title_full Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
title_fullStr Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
title_full_unstemmed Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
title_short Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
title_sort expression and characterization of the reverse transcriptase enzyme from type 1 human immunodeficiency virus using different baculoviral vector systems
title_unstemmed Expression and Characterization of the Reverse Transcriptase Enzyme from Type 1 human Immunodeficiency Virus Using Different Baculoviral Vector Systems
topic Biochemistry
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.811_a.x