Furin cleavage of bacterial expressed Glutathione-S-Transferase-Pro- Transforming growth factor β1 fusion protein in vitro

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 416-418

  Kahle, N A ^a   Joffroy, C ^a   Popp, S L ^a   Knabbe, C ^b   Stope, M B ^a  

^a DR MARGARETE FISCHER BOSCH INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Furin; Proteolytic processing; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

FURIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FURIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949995195     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986610790963609     Document Type: Article

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