Random mutagenesis and screening of complex glycoproteins: Expression of human gonadotropins in Dictyostelium discoideum

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 639-645

  Linskens, Maarten H K ^a   Grootenhuis, Peter D J ^b   Blaauw, Mieke ^a   Winkel, Bianca Huisman De ^b   Van Ravestein, Arno ^b   Van Haastert, Peter J M ^a   Heikoop, Judith C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Heterologous protein expression; Infertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; INFERTILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0032892248     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.6.639     Document Type: Article

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