Expression, refolding, and purification of recombinant human granzyme B

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-26

  Lorentsen, Rikke H ^a,b   Fynbo, Charlotte H ^a,b   Thøgersen, Hans C ^a,b   Etzerodt, Michael ^a,b   Holtet, Thor L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Borean Pharma A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Granzyme B

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME; GZMB PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 10644262375     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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