Overexpression, purification, and refolding of link module from human TSG-6 in Escherichia coli: Effect of temperature, media, and mutagenesis on lysine misincorporation at arginine AGA codons

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Day, Anthony J ^a   Aplin, Robin T ^a   Willis, Antony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030221293     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0068     Document Type: Article

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