Expression and characterization of cysteine-modified variants of an amino-terminal fragment of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-40

  Horwitz, Arnold H ^a   Leigh, Scott D ^a,b   Abrahamson, Susan ^a   Gazzano Santoro, Hélène ^a,c   Liu, Pei Syan ^a   Williams, Robert E ^a   Carroll, Stephen F ^a   Theofan, Georgia ^a,d  

^a XOMA Corporation   (United States)

^b Quidel Corporation   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d Orchestra Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030221337     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0071     Document Type: Article

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