Expression of the recombinant human immunoglobulin J chain in Escherichia coli

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 133-140

  Symersky, Jindrich ^a   Novak, Jan ^b   McPherson, David T ^c   DeLucas, Larry ^a   Mestecky, Jiri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin joining (J) chain; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THIOREDOXIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034097883     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(00)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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