Strategies for the preparation of homogenous glycoproteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-644

  Brik, Ashraf ^a   Ficht, Simon ^a   Wong, Chi Huey ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT DNA; SUBTILISIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STAUDINGER REACTION;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 33751422228     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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