High-level expression of murine terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in Escherichia coli grown at low temperature and overexpressing argU tRNA

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Boulé, Jean Baptiste ^c   Johnson, Emmett ^c   Rougeon, François ^c   Papanicolaou, Catherine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial expression system; Codon usage; Low temperature of growth; Murine terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0001549028     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740839     Document Type: Article

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