Expression of a bifunctional chimeric protein A-Vargula hilgendorfii luciferase in mammalian cells

BioTechniques

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-121

  Maeda, Y ^a   Ueda, H ^a   Hara, T ^a   Kazami, J ^b   Kawano, G ^b   Suzuki, E ^a   Nagamune, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toray Med Devices Diagnostics R   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLYCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUCIFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PICRIC ACID; PROTEIN A; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHIMERA; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030020483     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/96201rr01     Document Type: Article

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