Cell-free protein expression under macromolecular crowding conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Ge, Xumeng ^a   Luo, Dan ^b   Xu, Jianfeng ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICOLL; LUCIFERASE; MACROGOL 8000; MESSENGER RNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FREE PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; WHEAT GERM; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 82955217263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028707     Document Type: Article

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