Expression, refolding, and characterization of human soluble BAFF synthesized in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Cao, Peng ^a   Mei, Jing Jing ^a   Diao, Zhen Yu ^a   Zhang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial expression; hsBAFF; Inclusion bodies; Protein purification; Protein refolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744367552     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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