Characterization of recombinant Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) insulin

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3389-3394

  Al Swailem, Abdulaziz M O ^a,b   Al Fageeh, Mohamed B ^a   Alyamani, Essam J ^a   Shehata, Maher M ^a   Al Shammari, Turki A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D structure; Alignments; Camel; Cloning; Human; Insulin; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROINSULIN; RECOMBINANT CAMEL INSULIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CAMEL; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 52949129105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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