Dynamics of in vivo protein aggregation: Building inclusion bodies in recombinant bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-15

  Carrio M M ^a   Corchero, J L ^a   Villaverde, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Escherichia coli; Inclusion body; Misfolding; Protein aggregation; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT GENE;

APHTHOVIRUS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCLUSION BODIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031734071     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00444-3     Document Type: Article

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