An efficient system for high-level expression and easy purification of authentic recombinant proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1331-1339

  Catanzariti, Ann Maree ^a,c   Soboleva, Tatiana A ^a   Jans, David A ^a,b   Board, Philip G ^a   Baker, Rohan T ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affinity purification; Deubiquitylating enzyme; Protein purification; Ubiquitin fusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KARYOPHERINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; VECTORS;

EID: 1942537173     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04618904     Document Type: Article

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