Expression of the extracellular domain of OB-cadherin as an Fc fusion protein using bicistronic retroviral expression vector

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-226

  Lira, Cristina B B ^a   Chu, Khoi ^a   Lee, Yu Chen ^a   Hu, Mickey C T ^a   Lin, Sue Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; OB cadherin; Osteoblast; Retroviral expression vector

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; OSTEOBLAST CADHERIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; KIDNEY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50049090317     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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