Efficient production of N-terminally truncated biologically active human interleukin-6 by bacillus brevis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 665-669

  Shiga, Yasuhiro ^a   Maki, Makiko ^b   Ohta, Toshihiro ^a   Tokishita, Shin Ichi ^a   Okamoto, Akou ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^b   Udaka, Shigezo ^c   Konishi, Atsushi ^d   Kodama, Yuko ^d   Ejima, Daisuke ^d   Matsui, Hiroshi ^d   Yamagata, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus brevis; Human interleukin 6; N terminal truncation; Secretion; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034152636     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.665     Document Type: Article

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