Effects of ammonia on CHO cell growth, erythropoietin production, and glycosylation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 370-380

  Yang, M ^a   Butler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; CHO cells; Erythropoietin; Glycosylation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPEPTIDES;

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCOSYLATION; HAMSTER OVARY CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALANINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLOROQUINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GLUCOSE INTAKE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0034690723     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000520)68:4<370::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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