Use of anionic denaturing detergents to purify insoluble proteins after overexpression

<p>Background</p> <p>Many proteins form insoluble protein aggregates, called “inclusion bodies”, when overexpressed in <it>E. coli</it>. This is the biggest obstacle in biotechnology. Ever since the reversible denaturation of proteins by chaotropic agents such as urea o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schlager Benjamin, Straessle Anna, Hafen Ernst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/12/95