Refolding, purification, and characterization of human erythropoietin binding protein produced in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-113

  Johnson, Dana L ^a   Middleton, Steven A ^a   McMahon, Frank ^a   Barbone, Francis P ^a   Kroon, Daniel ^a   Tsao, Eric ^a,b   Lee, Woan Hwa ^a   Mulcahy, Linda S ^a   Jolliffe, Linda K ^a  

^a Drug Discovery Raritan   (United States)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030087571     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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