Cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of the Rho transcription termination factor from Thermotoga maritima

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Canals, Albert ^a   Coll, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helicases; Isoionic precipitation; Protein crystallization; Rho factor; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 61749093195     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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