Production and isolation of the recombinant N-lobe of human serum transferrin from the Methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Mason, Anne B ^a   Woodworth, Robert C ^a   Oliver, Ronald W A ^b   Green, Brian N ^b,c   Lin, Lung Nan ^d   Brandts, John F ^e   Tam, Beatrice M ^f   Maxwell, Alexisann ^f   MacGillivray, Ross T A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VG Organic Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e Microcal Software Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0030220875     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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