Synthesis of soluble rubella virus spike proteins in two lepidopteran insect cell lines: Large scale production of the E1 protein

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Johansson, Tove ^a   Enestam, Annalena ^a   Kronqvist, Robert ^a   Schmidt, Michel ^a   Tuominen, Nina ^a   Weiss, Stefan A ^b,c   Oker Blom, Christian ^d  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Biotechnology Consulting   (United States)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bioreactor; Expression; Purification; Rubella virus; Spodoptera frugiperda; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; VIRUSES;

AMMONIUM SULPHATE PRECIPITATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HONEYBEE MELITTIN SIGNAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBIC TRANSMEMBRANE ANCHORS; LEPIDOPTERAN INSECT CELL LINES; RUBELLA VIRUS; SERUM FREE MEDIUM; TUNICAMYCIN;

PROTEINS;

TUNICAMYCIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOREACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0030271183     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01562-3     Document Type: Article

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