Protein splicing: A versatile tool for drug discovery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 899-907

  Cheriyan, Manoj ^a   Perler, Francine B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drug target; Conditional protein splicing; Cyclic peptides; EPL; Gene therapy; Intein; SICLOPPS; Split intein; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG TARGET; CONDITIONAL PROTEIN SPLICING; CYCLIC PEPTIDES; EPL; GENE THERAPY; INTEIN; SICLOPPS; SPLIT-INTEIN; TRANS-SPLICING;

AMINES; BIOSENSORS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TARGETS;

PEPTIDES;

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALPHA HALOKETONE; ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLIC OCTAPEPTIDE PSEUDOSTELLARIN F; CYCLOPEPTIDE; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INSECTICIDE; INTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEIN MEDIATED EXPRESSED PROTEIN LIGATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SPLIT INTEIN CIRCULAR LIGATION OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN; TRANS SPLICING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE THERAPY; INTEINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN SPLICING; PROTEINS;

EID: 70349446285     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.04.021     Document Type: Review

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