Construction of shuttle, expression vector of human tumor necrosis factor alpha (hTNF-α) gene and its expression in a cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-33

  Liu, Fenglong ^a   Zhang, Hongbin ^b   Shi, Dingji ^a   Shang, Zhidi ^a   Lin, Chen ^c   Shao, Ning ^a   Peng, Guohong ^a   Zhang, Xueyan ^c   Zhang, Haixia ^a   Wu, Jinyin ^b   Wang, Jie ^b   Xu, Xudong ^a   Jiang, Yuehua ^b   Zhong, Zepu ^a   Zhao, Shujin ^b   Wu, Min ^c   Zeng, Chengkui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; Cytotoxicity; Expression vector; Human tumor necrosis factor alpha (hTNF ); Shuttle; Southern and western blottings; Triparental conjugative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144444765     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02881744     Document Type: Article

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