Application of yeasts in gene expression studies: A comparison of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Hansenula polymorpha and Kluyveromyces lactis - A review

Gene

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-97

  Gellissen, Gerd ^a   Hollenberg, Cornelis P ^b  

^a Rhein Biotech GmbH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Glycosylation; Metabolic design; Methylotrophic yeasts; Secretion; Therapeutic proteins

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; HOST CELL; KLUYVEROMYCES; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; KLUYVEROMYCES; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031010051     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00020-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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