Protocol for preparing proteins with improved solubility by co-expressing with molecular chaperones in escherichia coli

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2632-2639

  De Marco, Ario ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 38449092312     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.400     Document Type: Article

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