Increased expression and purification of soluble iron-regulatory protein 1 from Escherichia coli co-expressing chaperonins GroES and GroEL

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Carvalho, Helotonio ^a   Meneghini, Rogerio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Latino Americano   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chaperonins; GroEL; GroES; Iron metabolism; Iron regulatory protein 1; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CHAPERONIN; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; METAL;

ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 44449093987     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2008005000009     Document Type: Article

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