The p1 protein of the yeast transposon Ty1 can be used for the construction of bi-functional virus-like particles

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Marchenko, A N ^a   Kozlov, D G ^a   Svirshchevskaya, E V ^b   Viskova, N Y ^b   Benevolensky, S V ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Bi functional particles; S. cerevisiae; T and B cell epitopes; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASPARTIC ACID; EPITOPE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT DNA; ALLERGEN ASP F 2, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; P1 PROTEIN, YEAST; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS PARTICLE; YEAST CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES; TRANSPOSONS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRION;

EID: 0043198709     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069980     Document Type: Article

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