Expression and hydroxylamine cleavage of thymosin alpha 1 concatemer

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zhou, Liang ^a   Lai, Zong Teng ^a   Lu, Min Kan ^a   Gong, Xing Guo ^a   Xie, Yi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCATEMER; GLYCINE; HYDROXYLAMINE; MONOMER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FORMAZAN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MTT FORMAZAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TETRAZOLIUM; THYMOSIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS; T ALPHA1 GENE; TUMOR CELL LINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMAZANS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROXYLAMINE; INCLUSION BODIES; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THYMOSIN;

EID: 48749133790     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/736060     Document Type: Article

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