Secretion of a variant of human single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator without an N-glycosylation site in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris and characterization of the secreted product

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-553

  Tsujikawa, Muneo ^a   Okabayashi, Ken ^a   Morita, Masanori ^a   Tanabe, Toshizumi ^a  

^a Green Cross Company   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mucor rennin prepeptide; Pichia pastoris; Proteolysis; Secretion; Single chain urokinase type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

CHYMOSIN; PROUROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SECRETION;

ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0029990729     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199605)12:6<541::AID-YEA935>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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