Utility of (His)6 tag for purification and refolding of proplasmepsin-2 and mutants with altered activation properties

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 412-419

  Gulnik, Sergei V ^a   Afonina, Elena I ^b   Gustchina, Elena ^b   Yu, Betty ^b   Silva, Abelardo M ^c   Kim, Young ^a   Erickson, John W ^d  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b Tibotec Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0036451527     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1590     Document Type: Article

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