Expression, purification and characterization of cloning-grade zinc finger nuclease

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Tovkach, Andriy ^a   Zeevi, Vardit ^a   Tzfira, Tzvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial protein; Cloning; Restriction enzyme

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PROTEINS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA CLONING; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; GEL-FILTRATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEW STRATEGY; PURIFICATION METHOD; RECOMBINANT DNA; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSTS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; PURIFICATION; ZINC;

DNA SEQUENCES;

PROTEIN ZFN 10; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 78650678146     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.10.071     Document Type: Article

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