Fusion partners as a tool for the expression of difficult proteins in mammalian cells

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-245

  Zhang, Jue ^a   Carter, Jane ^a   Siu, Sophia ^a   O'Neill, Jason W ^a   Gates, Andrew H ^a   Delaney, John ^a   Mehlin, Christopher ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

2936E cells; Fusion proteins; PEI; Polyethyleneimine; Protein expression; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17B; INTERLEUKIN 32; PROTEIN P19; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950871714     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920110791111898     Document Type: Article

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