Expression of bovine activin-A and inhibin-A in recombinant baculovirus-infected Spodoptera frugiperda Sf21 insect cells

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1129-1145

  Cronin, Ciarán N ^a,b   Thompson, Devon A ^a,c   Martin, Finian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Baculovirus; Inhibin; Recombinant expression; Spodoptera frugiperda Sf21

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CONTIG; INHIBIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VECTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

BOVINAE; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; SUIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031760540     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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