Human tau isoforms were cloned into the pRK172 bacterial expression vector using NdeI and EcoRI restriction sites as previously described [27 (link), 31 (link), 75 (link)]. Recombinant tau isoforms were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA) and purified. In brief, expression was induced by isopropyl-β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and high-salt 100 °C heat stable bacterial protein lysates were purified by MonoS cation exchange chromatography.
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