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Production of a Polymer-Forming Fusion Protein in Escerichia coli Strain BL21

Bun-ichiro ONODepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Masashi KUBOTADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Hiroko KIMIDUKADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Hiroshi KAWAMINAMIDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Takamitsu UETODepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Shin YOKOSAWADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Masako ISEDADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Yumiko YAMAMOTODepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Yoshikazu MURAKAMIDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Sadaki YOKOTABiology Department, Medical School, Yamanashi University
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Pages 2813-2823 | Received 25 Jan 2006, Accepted 29 Aug 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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