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4.1.5: Chimeras DHF & GEI 162<br />

4.2: Precise domain swaps 164<br />

4.2.1: Chimeras MQO and PNR 164<br />

4.2.2: Chimeras JQL and PKR 166<br />

4.2.3: Chimeras MKO and JNL 169<br />

Discussion 175<br />

Chapter 5: Analysis <strong>of</strong> a chaperonin chimera<br />

Background 184<br />

5.1: Purification <strong>of</strong> JNL 188<br />

5.1.1: Ion exchange purification: DEAE sepharose 188<br />

5.1.2: Gel filtration purification 189<br />

5.1.3: Second Ion exchange purification: DEAE sepharose 191<br />

5.2: AUC analysis <strong>of</strong> JNL 194<br />

5.3: ATPase assay <strong>of</strong> purified JNL 197<br />

Discussion 203<br />

Chapter 6: Further characterisation <strong>of</strong> Mycobacterial chaperonins<br />

Section 6.1: Testing the ability <strong>of</strong> M. tuberculosis Cpn60.1 to function in M. smegmatis<br />

Background 209<br />

6.1.1: Construction and transformation <strong>of</strong> the plasmid 211<br />

6.1.2: Results obtained from America 212<br />

Discussion 217<br />

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