Recombinant PAS-heme domains of oxygen sensing proteins: High level production and physical characterization

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-193

  Suquet, Christine ^a   Savenkova, Marina ^a   Satterlee, James D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BjFixLH; Dos; EcDosH; FixL; Heme sensors; MALDI TOF; PAS; SmFixLH; UV visible

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DOS PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FIXL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HEMOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMEPROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 20444428410     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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