Tag Removal by Site-Specific Cleavage of Recombinant Fusion Proteins

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 681, Issue , 2011, Pages 349-367

  Charlton, Adam ^a   Zachariou, Michael ^b  

^a CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

^b BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity tag; Fusion protein; Protease; Proteolytic cleavage; Site specific proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE PROTEASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952198939     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-913-0_19     Document Type: Chapter

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