Enhanced secretory production of a single-chain antibody fragment from Bacillus subtilis by coproduction of molecular chaperones

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2830-2835

  Wu, Sau Ching ^a   Ye, Ruiqiong ^a   Wu, Xu Chu ^a   Ng, Shi Chung ^b   Wong, Sui Lam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032460995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2830-2835.1998     Document Type: Article

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