Hexahistidine-tagged maltose-binding protein as a fusion partner for the production of soluble recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 498, Issue , 2009, Pages 157-172

  Austin, Brian P ^a   Nallamsetty, Sreedevi ^a   Waugh, David S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Gateway cloning; Hexahistidine tag; His tag; His6MBP; Inclusion body; Maltose binding protein; MBP; Recombinational cloning; Solubility enhancer; TEV protease; Tobacco etch virus protease

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 84934437421     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-196-3_11     Document Type: Article

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