Preparation of uniformly labeled NMR samples in Escherichia coli under the tight control of the araBAD promoter: Expression of an archaeal homolog of the RNase P Rpp29 protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Boomershine, William P ^a   Raj, M L Stephen ^a   Gopalan, Venkat ^a   Foster, Mark P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

argU; E. coli; Glycerol minimal medium; Isotope labeling; NMR; Overexpression; pBAD; pET; RNase P; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037719861     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00707-6     Document Type: Article

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