Recent patents on the Pichia Pastoris expression system: Expanding the toolbox for recombinant protein production

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-201

  Bollok, Monika ^a   Resina, David ^a   Valero, Francicco ^b   Ferrer, Pau ^b  

^a Bioingenium sl   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AOXI promoter; N glycosylation pathway engineering; Pichia pastoris; Recombinant protein production; Secretion helper factors

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; YEAST;

AOXI PROMOTER; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; N-GLYCOSYLATION; N-GLYCOSYLATION PATHWAY ENGINEERING; P. PASTORIS; P.PASTORIS; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PICHIA PASTORIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTIONS; SECRETION HELPER FACTOR;

MAMMALS;

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE 1 PROMOTER PROTEIN; ALCOHOL OXIDASE 2 PROMOTER PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE PROMOTER PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE PROMOTER PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HELPER FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM COUPLED PHOSPHATE SYMPORTER PROMOTER PROTEIN; TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1 ALPHA PROMOTER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 70449129500     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220809789389126     Document Type: Review

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