Targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum improves the folding of recombinant human telomerase reverse transcriptase

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-19

  Wu, Chia Kuei ^a   Gousset, Karine ^a   Hughes, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Co translational; Endoplasmic reticulum; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TELOMERASE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34848922069     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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