Upstream strategies to minimize proteolytic degradation upon recombinant production in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Murby, Maria ^a   Uhlén, Mathias ^a   Ståhl, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030110770     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0018     Document Type: Review

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