Purification and characteristics of recombinant human folylpoly-γ-glutamate synthetase expressed at high levels in insect cells

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-45

  Sanghani, Paresh C ^a,b   Moran, Richard G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONED GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; FOLIC ACID; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INSECT CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

FELIS CATUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0034141427     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1173     Document Type: Article

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