PCR-based gene synthesis to produce recombinant proteins for crystallization

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Marsic, Damien ^a   Hughes, Ronny C ^a   Byrne Steele, Miranda L ^a   Ng, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a ExtremoZyme Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE ENCODING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; RNA;

GENE SYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; PIWI PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 44649096852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-44     Document Type: Article

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