Use of thiophilic adsorption chromatography for the one-step purification of a bacterially produced antibody F(ab) fragment without the need for an affinity tag

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Fiedler, Markus ^a   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli expression; Immunoglobulin fragment; IN 1; Protein isolation; TAC

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BUFFER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NERVE FIBER; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGENERATION;

EID: 0033486375     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1142     Document Type: Article

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