Expression and purification of the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen domain 4

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Krishnanchettiar, Sangeeth ^a   Sen, Jayita ^a   Caffrey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037296125     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00612-5     Document Type: Article

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