Expression and purification of recombinant human zona pellucida proteins

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 298-307

  Harris, Jeffrey D ^a   Seid, Christopher A ^a   Fontenot, Gregory K ^a   Liu, Hui F ^a  

^a Zonagen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOLUBILITY; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0033166789     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1060     Document Type: Article

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