Expression in Escherichia coli and purification of hexahistidine-tagged human tissue transglutaminase

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 366-373

  Shi, Qingli ^a,b   Kim, Soo Youl ^a,b   Blass, John P ^a,b   Cooper, Arthur J L ^a,b  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexahistidine tag; Human tissue transglutaminase; Immobilized metal affinity chromatography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VECTORS;

EID: 0036444187     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1587     Document Type: Article

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