A bicistronic expression system for bacterial production of authentic human interleukin-18

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-292

  Kirkpatrick, Robert B ^a   McDevitt, Patrick J ^a   Matico, Rosalie E ^a   Nwagwu, Silas ^a   Trulli, Stephen H ^a   Mao, Joyce ^a   Moore, Dwight D ^a   Yorke, Adam F ^a   McLaughlin, Megan M ^a   Knecht, Kristin A ^a   Elefante, Louis C ^a   Calamari, Amy S ^a   Fornwald, Jim A ^a   Trill, John J ^a   Jonak, Zdenka L ^a   Kane, James ^a   Patel, Pramathesh S ^a   Sathe, Ganesh M ^a   Shatzman, Allan R ^a   Tapley, Peter M ^a   Johanson, Kyung O ^a   more..

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CASPASE 1; CASPASES; CASPASES, INITIATOR; CODON; CYSTEINE; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037297680     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00606-X     Document Type: Article

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