The role of the Aspergillus niger furin-type protease gene in processing of fungal proproteins and fusion proteins: Evidence for alternative processing of recombinant (fusion-) proteins

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Punt, P J ^a   Drint Kuijvenhoven, A ^a   Lokman, B C ^a   Spencer, J A ^b   Jeenes, D ^b   Archer, D A ^b,c   Van Den Hondel, C A M J J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi; Fusion proteins; Protease; Protein processing; Protein secretion; Secretion carrier

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

CLEAVAGE SITES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARGININE; ASPERGILLOPEPSIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FURIN; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0242410741     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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