Membrane protein expression and production: Effects of polyhistidine tag length and position

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-325

  Mohanty, Arun K ^a   Wiener, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Membrane protein expression; Membrane protein purification; Membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0842288662     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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