Overexpression, purification, and refolding of a Porphyromonas gingivalis cysteine protease from Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-268

  Margetts, Mai Brigid ^a   Barr, Ian George ^a   Webb, Elizabeth Ann ^a  

^a CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; CELL INCLUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC STRAIN; KGP PROTEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RGP 1 PROTEASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0034089313     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1193     Document Type: Article

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