Highly efficient production of phosphorylated hepatitis B core particles in yeast Pichia pastoris

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-224

  Freivalds, Janis ^a   Dislers, Andris ^a   Ose, Velta ^a   Pumpens, Paul ^a   Tars, Kaspars ^a   Kazaks, Andris ^a  

^a LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Hepatitis B virus core protein; Phosphorylation; Pichia pastoris; Virus like particles; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHARMACEUTICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PICHIA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG CARRIERS; FERMENTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PICHIA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; VACCINES, VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 78649331453     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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