A novel bicistronic vector for overexpressing Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-237

  Guo, Yin ^a   Wallace, Susan S ^a   Bandaru, Viswanath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicistronic vector; Codon usage; mRNA secondary structure; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GENETIC VECTORS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 61749095691     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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