Intein applications: From protein purification and labeling to metabolic control methods

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 14512-14519

  Wood, David W ^a   Camarero, Julio A ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; PURIFICATION;

AFFINITY TAGS; EXPRESSED PROTEIN LIGATION; METABOLIC CONTROL; PROTEIN LABELING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SEGMENTS; SPLIT-INTEINS; TRANS-SPLICING;

PROTEINS;

INTEIN; PROTEINASE;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL LABELING; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LABELING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

INTEIN; PROTEIN CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; PROTEIN CYCLIZATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN LABELING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SELF-ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SPLICING; SELF-CLEAVING TAG;

INTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SPLICING; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 84901449946     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.552653     Document Type: Review

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