Effect of promoter strength and signal sequence on the periplasmic expression of human interferon-α2b in Escherichia coli

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-292

  Ramanan, Ramakrishnan Nagasundara ^a   Tik, Wong Bee ^a   Memari, Hamid Rajabi ^a,b   Azaman, Siti Nor Ani ^a   Ling, Tau Chuan ^a   Tey, Beng Ti ^a   Lila, Mohd Azmi Mohd ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Puad ^a   Rahim, Raha Abdul ^a   Ariff, Arbakariya B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Interferon 2b; mRNA secondary structure; Periplasm; Signal sequence

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75749108234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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