Condensation of an Additive-Free Cell Extract to Mimic the Conditions of Live Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fujiwara, Kei ^a   Nomura, Shin ichiro M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BUFFER; CELL EXTRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LYSATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION AND EXTRACTS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONDENSATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; VACUUM; VACUUM DESICCATOR;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872237058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054155     Document Type: Article

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