Single-step purification of two functional human apolipoprotein E variants hyperexpressed in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-414

  Pillot, Thierry ^a,b   Barbier, Anne ^a   Visvikis, Athanase ^a   Lozac'h, Karine ^a   Rosseneu, Maryvonne ^b   Vandekerckhove, Joel ^b   Siest, Gérard ^a  

^a Centre du Medicament URA CNRS 597   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030174892     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0061     Document Type: Article

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