Overcoming the solubility limit with solubility-enhancement tags: Successful applications in biomolecular NMR studies

Journal of Biomolecular NMR

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Zhou, Pei ^a   Wagner, Gerhard ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

NMR; Protein; Protein aggregation; Protein GB1; Protein stability enhancement; Solubility enhancement tag

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 5; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PARKIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN E6; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TAX PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; VAV PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77649176543     PISSN: 09252738     EISSN: 15735001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9371-6     Document Type: Review

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