Production of leptin in Escherichia coli: A comparison of methods

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-342

  Varnerin, Jeffrey P ^a   Smith, Timothy ^a   Rosenblum, Charles I ^a   Vongs, Aurawan ^a   Murphy, Beth A ^a   Nunes, Chris ^a   Mellin, Theodore N ^a   King, Joseph J ^a   Burgess, Bruce W ^a   Junker, Beth ^a   Chou, Michael ^a   Hey, Patricia ^a   Frazier, Easter ^a   MacIntyre, D Euan ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^a   Tota, Michael R ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAY; LEPTIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20244364089     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0978     Document Type: Article

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