Disruption of the KEX1 gene in Pichia pastoris allows expression of full-length murine and human endostatin

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 563-572

  Boehm, Thomas ^a   Pirie Shepherd, Steven ^a   Trinh, Loc Ba ^b   Shiloach, Joseph ^b   Folkman, Judah ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Endostatin; KEX1 disruption; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ENDOSTATIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; COLLAGEN; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOSTATINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LYSINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032946129     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199905)15:7<563::AID-YEA398>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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