Expression, purification, and functional characterization of recombinant human interleukin-7

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Luo, Yong ^a,b   Kong, Xiangping ^c   Xu, Aimin ^a,d   Jin, Shouguang ^e   Wu, Donghai ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c 458th Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Human interleukin 7; Pichia pastoris; Purification; Recombinant protein; SP Sepharose

Indexed keywords

IL7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 7; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEPHAROSE; SEPHAROSE FAST FLOW SP; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PICHIA; PROTEIN RENATURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOREACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; PICHIA; PROTEIN RENATURATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEPHAROSE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 54849426172     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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