Expression of mature pokeweed antiviral protein with or without c-terminal extrapeptide in escherichia coli as a fusion with maltose-binding protein

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1291-1294

  Honjo, Eijiro ^a   Watanabe, Keiichi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C terminal extrapeptide; Expression in E. coli; Fusion protein with maltose binding protein; Pokeweed antiviral protein; Ribosome inactivating protein

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE TRANSPORT SYSTEM, E COLI; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; POKEWEED ANTIVIRUS PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 0033158451     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1291     Document Type: Article

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