Towards the elimination of chromatography in protein purification: Expressing proteins engineered to purify themselves

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Mee, Courtney ^a   Banki, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Wood, David W ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity tag methods; Bioseparations; Elastin like peptide; Intein; Phasin; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Recombinant protein purification; Self cleaving

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION;

BIOSEPARATIONS; ELASTIN-LIKE PEPTIDE; INTEIN; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SELF-CLEAVING;

PROTEINS;

CONTAMINATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

EID: 36048948927     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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