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An expression vector, pUBEX, was constructed for extracellular production of heterologous proteins in Bacillus subtilis using a polyhistidine tag on the C-terminal sequence, providing an efficient and easy purification of the protein. A CII protein, a member of Bowman–Birk protease inhibitors, which was expressed as an inactive protein in Escherichia coli, was successfully expressed in Bacillus subtilis using the pUBEX vector and was purified to 6.4 mg l−1 by the immobilized metal affinity chromatography.
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So, MY., Pan, CH., Rhee, S. et al. Design of an expression vector and its application to heterologous protein expression in Bacillus subtilis . Biotechnology Letters 24, 1869–1874 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020909619931
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