Purification and characterization of Alpha-Fetoprotein from the human hepatoblastoma HepG2 cell line in serum-free medium

BioMetals

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 869-878

  Carlini, Patrizia ^a   Ferranti, Pasquale ^b   Polizio, Francesca ^a   Ciriolo, Maria R ^a   Rotilio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Copper; Human hepatoblastoma; Serum free medium; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED METAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 35649003085     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9080-5     Document Type: Article

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