Construction of bifunctional fusion proteins consisting of duck BAFF and EGFP

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Dan, Wen Bing ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Guan, Zheng Bing ^a   Zhang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duck B cell activating factor; Fluoresce enhanced green fluorescent protein; Fusion protein; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; TNF receptor protein family

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

FUSION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

PROTEINS;

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DUCK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; DUCKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37549000883     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9543-y     Document Type: Article

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