Engineering eukaryotic signal transduction with RNAi: Enhancing Drosophila S2 cell growth and recombinant protein synthesis via silencing of TSC1

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-652

  March, John C ^a,b   Bentley, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Drosophila; GFP; Harmartin; Insulin; Metabolic engineering; RNAi; S2; SI 2; TSC1; Tubular sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; GENES; INSULIN; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DROSOPHILA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; RNAI; TUBULAR SCLEROSIS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENGINEERING; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TSC1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DRUG INDUSTRY; INSULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750542736     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20951     Document Type: Article

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