Recombinant human cytomegalovirus protease with a C-terminal (His)6 extension: Purification, autocatalytic release of the mature enzyme, and biochemical characterization

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-352

  Tomasselli, Alfredo G ^a   Paddock, Donna J ^a   Curry, Kimberly A ^a   Garlick, Robert L ^a   Leone, Joseph W ^a   Lull, June M ^a   Mutchler, Veronica T ^a   Baker, Carol A ^a   Cavey, Gregory S ^a   Mathews, W Rodney ^a   Shelly, John A ^a   Finzel, Barry C ^a   Baldwin, Eric T ^a   Wells, Peter A ^a   Tomich, Che Shen C ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032420053     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0958     Document Type: Article

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