The potential role of self-cleaving purification tags in commercial-scale processes

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-279

  Fong, Baley A ^a   Wu, Wan Yi ^a   Wood, David W ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INTEINS; PLATFORM PROCESS; PURIFICATION TAGS; TAG REMOVAL; TARGET PROTEINS; WIDE SELECTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PURIFICATION;

PROTEINS;

ANNEXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELASTIN LIKE POLYPEPTIDE; INTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN FRPC; PROTEINASE; RESIN; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY LABELING; CHEMICAL LABELING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 77951976127     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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