Expression, purification, and biochemical characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Ménard, Louis Philippe ^a   Lussier, Jacques G ^a   Lépine, François ^b   Paiva De Sousa, Cristina ^c   Dubreuil, J Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disulfide bonds; EAST1 toxin; Escherichia coli; Fusion protein; Purification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0842267074     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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