Expression of human VEGF165 in silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) by using a recombinant baculovirus and its bioactivity assay

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-261

  Wu, Xiaofeng ^a   Yin, Zhaozheng ^a   Cao, Cuiping ^a   Huang, Ling ^b   Lu, Xingmeng ^a   Liu, Jianxin ^a   Cui, Weizheng ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Expression; Human VEGF165; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELLS; DNA; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

GROWTH FACTORS; SILKWORM LARVA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BOMBYX; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 3042749244     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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