Enhancing the specificity of the enterokinase cleavage reaction to promote efficient cleavage of a fusion tag

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Shahravan, S Hesam ^a   Qu, Xuanlu ^a   Chan, I San ^a   Shin, Jumi A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR); bZIP; C EBP; Enterokinase; Enteropeptidase; Histidine affinity tag

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ENTEROPEPTIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROPEPTIDASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; UREA;

EID: 42749093598     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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