Refolding and purification of unprocessed porcine myostatin expressed in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Jin, Hyung Joo ^a,b   Dunn, Michael A ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a   Kim, Yong Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Myostatin; Purification; Refolding

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 13644268909     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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