Recombinant GDNF: Tetanus toxin fragment C fusion protein produced from insect cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-384

  Li, Jianhong ^a   Chian, Ru Ju ^a   Ay, Ilknur ^a   Celia, Samuel A ^a   Kashi, Brenda B ^a   Tamrazian, Eric ^a   Matthews, Jonathan C ^a   Remington, Mary P ^b   Pepinsky, R Blake ^c   Fishman, Paul S ^b,d   Brown Jr , Robert H ^a   Francis, Jonathan W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BIOGEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Ganglioside binding; GDNF; Insect cells; PhosphoAkt; Recombinant protein; Tetanus toxin fragment C

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GT 1B; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HOMODIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECT CELL; MOTONEURON; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TETANUS TOXIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 67349288526     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.079     Document Type: Article

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