The expression of recombinant proteins in yeasts

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-524

  Sudbery, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROPEPTIDASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HIRUDIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOMYCETALES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST CELL;

PICHIA ANGUSTA; PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030272554     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80055-3     Document Type: Article

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