“…Development of affinity tags such as the maltose-binding tag (di Guan et al, 1988;Maina et al, 1988), the polyhistidine tags of the pET vector series, (Rosenberg et al, 1987;Studier & Moffatt, 1986;Studier et al, 1990), and the IMPACT® intein chitinCorrespondence should be sent to Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 1550 Linden Dr, Madison, WI 53706 USA; E-mail: escalante@bact.wisc.edu, phone: (608) 262-7379, fax: (608) 265-7909 or to Ivan Rayment, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI, 53706; E-mail: Ivan_Rayment@biochem.wisc.edu, phone: (608) 262-0437.. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication.…”