Synthesis, cytotoxic properties and effects on early and late gene induction of a chimeric diphtheria toxin-leukemia-inhibitory factor protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 507-515

  Negro, Alessandro ^a   Skaper, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Researchlife ScpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Diphtheria toxin; Fusion gene; Gene induction; Leukemia inhibitory factor

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DNA PRIMERS; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029969020     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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