Stable expression of an active soluble recombinant form of human fucosyltransferase IX in Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cells

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1623-1630

  Brito, Catarina ^a   Gouveia, Ricardo ^a   Costa, Júlia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fucosyltransferase IX; Lewisx; Sf9 insect cell; Stable expression

Indexed keywords

ASIALOFETUIN; SIALYLATED ACCEPTORS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; STABLE EXPRESSIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; VITAMINS;

ENZYMES;

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE IX, HUMAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELLS, CULTURED; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 34848917574     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9455-x     Document Type: Article

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