Construction and characterization of a bi-functional EGFP/sBAFF fusion protein

Biochimie

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 629-635

  Cao, Peng ^a,b   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a   Zhang, Juan ^b   Wang, Min ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B cell activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF); Bacterial expression; Enhanced fluorescent protein (EGFP); Fusion protein

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR OF THE TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED METAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 33745932646     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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