Purification and characterization of recombinant spider silk expressed in Escherichia coli

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Arcidiacono, S ^a   Mello, C ^a   Kaplan, D ^b   Cheley, S ^c   Bayley, H ^c  

^a Biotechnology Division   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SILK; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 0031962660     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051133     Document Type: Article

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