Intein-mediated purification of cytotoxic endonuclease I-Tevl by insertional inactivation and pH-controllable splicing

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4864-4871

  Wu, Wei ^a   Wood, David W ^a,b   Belfort, Georges ^b   Derbyshire, Victoria ^a   Belfort, Marlene ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CHITIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; ENDONUCLEASE; INTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037112699     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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