A brief review of common grammatical and scientific errors seen in reviewing protein purification manuscripts for 25 years

Richard R Burgess

doi:10.1016/j.pep.2015.12.002

A brief review of common grammatical and scientific errors seen in reviewing protein purification manuscripts for 25 years

Protein Expr Purif. 2016 Apr:120:106-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.12.002. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Author

Richard R Burgess¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53705, United States. Electronic address: rburgess@wisc.edu.

PMID: 26687899
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.12.002

Abstract

This review is a compilation of the most common grammatical and scientific errors I have encountered during my many years of reviewing manuscripts on protein biochemistry. This review is part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the journal Protein Expression and Purification. I hope it will help authors in preparing better manuscripts.

Keywords: Protein purification manuscripts; Scientific errors; Writing errors.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Proteins / isolation & purification*
Science / standards*
Writing / standards*

Substances

Proteins