High-fidelity translation of recombinant human hemoglobin in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1589-1593

  Weickert, Michael J ^a,b   Apostol, Izydor ^a  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOLEUCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ERROR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031803820     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1589-1593.1998     Document Type: Article

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