Two-step metal affinity purification of double-tagged (NusA-His6) fusion proteins

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1538-1543

  de Marco, Ario ^a  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; METAL; NUSA PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHORIBOSYL 5 AMINO 1 PHOSPHORIBOSYL 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXIAMIDE ISOMERASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYL-5-AMINO-1-PHOSPHORIBOSYL-4-IMIDAZOLECARBOXIAMIDE ISOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METALS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34250718034     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.289     Document Type: Article

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