Cloning and hemolysin-mediated secretory expression of a codon-optimized synthetic human interleukin-6 gene in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-447

  Li, Yuanyi ^a   Chen, Carol X ^a   Von Specht, Bernd Ulrich ^a   Hahn, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CODON; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036412057     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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