Over-expression, purification, and confirmation of Bacillus anthracis transcriptional regulator NprR

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-89

  Rice, Amy J ^a   Woo, Jerry K ^a   Khan, Attiya ^a   Szypulinski, Michael Z ^a   Johnson, Michael E ^a   Lee, Hyunwoo ^a   Lee, Hyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Purification; Quorum sensing; The neutral protease regulator (NprR)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; QUORUM SENSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84978062396     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.08.030     Document Type: Article

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