Construction and expression of a new fusion protein, thymosin α1-cBLyS, in E. coli

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Shen, Qiong ^a,b   Tian, Ruiyang ^b   Ma, Wenzhe ^b   Yuan, Qinsheng ^a   Gong, Yi ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Bifunctional lymphokine; Fusion; Soluble B lymphocyte stimulator; Thymosin 1

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION; VACCINES;

BIFUNCTIONAL LYMPHOKINES; FUSION PROTEINS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMES;

PROTEINS;

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN ALPHA(1) (24 28); THYMOSIN ALPHA(1) (24-28); TNFSF13B PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; ROSETTE FORMATION; SHEEP; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; ROSETTE FORMATION; SHEEP; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 17644364797     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-7333-3     Document Type: Article

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