Disruption of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae YAP3 gene reduces the proteolytic degradation of secreted recombinant human albumin

Yeast

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-169

  Kerry Williams, S M ^a   Gilbert, S C ^a,b   Evans, L R ^a   Ballance, D J ^a  

^a Delta Biotechnology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

KEX2; Protease degradation; Recombinant human albumin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; YAP3

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALBUMIN; ARGININE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; LYSINE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALBUMINS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0032579311     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19980130)14:2<161::AID-YEA208>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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