Streptavidins with intersubunit crosslinks have enhanced stability

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1007-1011

  Reznik, Gabriel O ^a   Vajda, Sandor ^a   Smith, Cassandra L ^a   Cantor, Charles R ^a   Sano, Takeshi ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical crosslinking; Protein engineering; Protein stability; Streptavidin

Indexed keywords

STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DISULFIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 0029797773     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0896-1007     Document Type: Article

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