Expression of correctly folded proteins in Escherichia coli

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-197

  Georgiou, George ^a   Valax, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CELL INCLUSION; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029989229     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80012-7     Document Type: Article

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