Expression of human aromatase (CYP19) in Escherichia coli by N-terminal replacement and induction of cold stress response

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Kagawa, Norio ^a   Cao, Qianwen ^a,b   Kusano, Kazutomi ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol; Cold stress response; Heterologous expression; P450arom

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOCHROME P450 17; CYTOCHROME P450 2C11;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA;

EID: 0037331082     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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