Pichia pastoris: A notable heterologous expression system for the production of foreign proteins - Vaccines

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-186

  Balamurugan, V ^a,b   Reddy, G R ^a   Suryanarayana, V V S ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR Indian Veterinary Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Foreign proteins; Heterologous expression system; Pichia pastoris; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DENGUE VACCINE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HISTIDINOL DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA VACCINE; METHANOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PEROXIN; PERTACTIN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TICK ANTICOAGULANT PEPTIDE; URACIL; VACCINE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AUXOTROPHY; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA CONTENT; DRUG RESEARCH; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; EUKARYOTE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 34247860602     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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