Increased production of peptide deformylase eliminates retention of formylmethionine in bovine somatotropin overproduced in Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-238

  Warren, Wesley C ^a   Bentle, Kristin A ^a   Schlittler, Michael R ^a   Schwane, Aimee C ^a   O'Neil, Julia P ^a   Bogosian, Gregg ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methionine; Methionine aminopeptidase; Protein modification; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; DEFORMYLASE; ENZYME; FORMYLMETHIONINE; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029823251     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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