The evaluation of the factors that cause aggregation during recombinant expression in E. coli is simplified by the employment of an aggregation-sensitive reporter

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schultz, Tina ^a   Martinez, Lucia ^a   de Marco, Ario ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b Biochemistry Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHAPERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33748691613     PISSN: 14752859     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-5-28     Document Type: Article

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