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Soluble expression and purification of the anthrax protective antigen in E. coli and identification of a novel dominant-negative mutant N435C.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jun 2010
Wu Gaobing, Feng Chunfang, Hong Yuzhi, Guo Aizhen, Cao Sha, Dong Junli, Lin Ling, Liu Ziduo
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The anthrax toxin is an AB-type bacterium toxin composed of the protective antigen (PA) as the cell-binding B component, and the lethal factor (LF) and edema toxin (EF) as the catalytic A components. The PA component is a key factor in anthrax-related research and recombinant PA can be produced in general in Escherichia coli. However, such recombinant PA always forms inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of E. coli,...
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