Secretory expression and efficient purification of recombinant anthrax toxin lethal factor with full biological activity in E. coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  Liu, Ju ^a   Cai, Chenguang ^a   Guo, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Dong, Dayong ^a   Li, Guanlin ^a   Fu, Ling ^a   Xu, Junjie ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Lethal factor; Periplasm; Purification; Recombinant protein; Secretory expression

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 84875428421     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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