Polyarginine as a multifunctional fusion tag

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1538-1544

  Fuchs, Stephen M ^a   Raines, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity tag; Conformational stability; Enzymatic activity; Protein adsorption; Protein transduction domain; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHATE; POLYARGININE; RESIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22444439952     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051393805     Document Type: Article

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