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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mater Sci Eng R Rep. 2008 Jan;62(4):125–155. doi: 10.1016/j.mser.2008.04.004

Table 3.

Applications of ELP-based purification.

Examples Ref.
Direct ELP tagging

  • ELP-tagged recombinant protein

  • Cytokines

 [44]

  • Fluorescence proteins

 [69]

  • ELP facilitated purification of ELP-tagged fusion protein

  • Thioredoxin

  • Blue fluorescent protein

  • Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase

 [82]

  • ELP-tagged protein with a cleavage site

  • Self-cleaving

  • Enzymatic cleaving

 [78, 103]
ELP-mediated affinity capture

  • ELP-single chain antibody

 HIV antigen [104]

  • ELP-protein A, G, and L

 Antibodies [83]

  • ELP-Ni

 His-tagged protein [84]

  • ELP-MerR

 DNA [85]

  • ELP-capture molecules for glyco-group

 Sugar group [86]

  • ELP-capture molecules for heavy metals

 Mercury, arsenic, and cadmium [87-90]