A novel recombinant dual human SCF expressed in and purified from silkworm, Bombyx mori, possesses higher bioactivity than recombinant monomeric human SCF

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Han, Junhai ^a   Zang, Yuhui ^a   Lu, Haiqin ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Qin, Junchuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binding affinity; Bombyx mori cell; Dual human stem cell factor; pAcSecG2T; Silkworm larvae

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DUAL HUMAN STEM CELL FACTOR; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IODINE 125; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT DUAL HUMAN STEM CELL FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SILKWORM; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; LARVA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPODOPTERA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 1642483694     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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