Cloning of Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase and expression in Pichia pastoris

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-393

  Laroy, Wouter ^a   Contreras, Roland ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; Pichia pastoris; Trans sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPITOPE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; SIALIDASE;

EUKARYOTA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033662860     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1334     Document Type: Article

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