Production and purification of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen from Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-152

  Laird, Michael W ^a   Zukauskas, David ^a   Johnson, Kelly ^a   Sampey, Gavin C ^a   Olsen, Henrik ^a   Garcia, Andy ^a   Karwoski, Jeffrey D ^a   Cooksey, Bridget A ^a   Choi, Gil H ^a   Askins, Janine ^a   Tsai, Amos ^a   Pierre, Jennifer ^a   Gwinn, William ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Escherichia coli; Fermentation; Protective antigen; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 5344269511     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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