Yeast expression of the cytokine receptor domain of the soluble interleukin-6 receptor

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Vollmer, Petra ^a   Peters, Malte ^a   Ehlers, Marc ^a   Yagame, Harutaka ^b   Matsuba, Takao ^b   Kondo, Masahide ^b   Yasukawa, Kiyoshi ^b   Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Karl Hermann ^a   Rose John, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TOSOH CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Cytokine receptor; Soluble IL 6 receptor; Yeast expression

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANTIGENS, CD; GENETIC VECTORS; PICHIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; SOLUBILITY;

PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0030606244     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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