Controllable protein cleavages through intein fragment complementation

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2393-2402

  Volkmann, Gerrit ^a   Sun, Wenchang ^a   Liu, Xiang Qin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controllable cleavage; Intein; Protein purification; Protein splicing; Split intein

Indexed keywords

INTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SPLICING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 70350502592     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.249     Document Type: Article

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