Short, hydrophobic, alanine-based proteins based on the basic region/leucine zipper protein motif: Overcoming inclusion body formation and protein aggregation during overexpression, purification, and renaturation

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 394-403

  Lajmi, Ajay R ^a   Wallace, Timothy R ^a   Shin, Jumi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASIC REGION LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN MOTIF; BINDING SITE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RENATURATION; RENATURATION;

EID: 0034051459     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1209     Document Type: Article

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