In vitro folding and thermodynamic stability of an antibody fragment selected in vivo for high expression levels in Escherichia coli cytoplasm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 921-929

  Martineau, Pierre ^a   Betton, Jean Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antibody expression; Antibody fragment; Disulphide bond; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033214755     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3105     Document Type: Article

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