A simple and efficient expression and purification system using two newly constructed vectors

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-111

  Liu, Huanting ^a   Naismith, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AKTAxpress; pEHISGFPTEV; pEHISTEV; Protein expression; Purification protocol; TEV protease; Vector

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TEV PROTEASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 56349140518     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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