Expression, purification, and characterization of authentic monoferric and apo-human serum transferrins

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 318-326

  Mason, Anne B ^a   Halbrooks, Peter J ^a   Larouche, Julia R ^a   Briggs, Sara K ^a   Moffett, Marque L ^a   Ramsey, Jon E ^a   Connolly, Susan A ^a   Smith, Valerie C ^b   MacGillivray, Ross T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CLONE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BUTYRIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONE CELLS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IRON; KIDNEY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFERRIN;

CRICETINAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3142535379     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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