Balancing the production of two recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli by manipulating plasmid copy number: High-level expression of heterodimeric ras farnesyltransferase

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-240

  Tsao, Kwei Lan ^a   Waugh, David S ^a  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031453002     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0794     Document Type: Article

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