Design of an expression vector and its application to heterologous protein expression in Bacillus subtilis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1869-1874

  So, Min Young ^a   Pan, Cheol Ho ^a   Rhee, Sangkee ^a   Kim, Su Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bowman Birk protease inhibitor; Inclusion body; Polyhistidine tag; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0036856385     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020909619931     Document Type: Article

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