Over-production of proteins in Escherichia coli: Mutant hosts that allow synthesis of some membrane proteins and globular proteins at high levels

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-298

  Miroux, Bruno ^a   Walker, John E ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli; Membrane proteins; Over expression; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030593468     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0399     Document Type: Editorial

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