A rapid selection/amplification procedure for high-level expression of recombinant protein in a metal-amplifiable mammalian expression system

Biotechnology Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 615-619

  Bailey, C G ^a   Baig, M ^a   Gray, P P ^a   Sunstrom, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplification; Chinese hamster ovary cells; Metallothionein; Recombinant protein expression; Selection

Indexed keywords

CHO CELL; CLONE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032873911     PISSN: 0951208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008926708028     Document Type: Article

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