Virus-like particle production with yeast: Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical insights into Pichia pastoris producing high levels of the Hepatitis B surface antigen

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^a   Gurramkonda, Chandrasekhar ^a,b   Adnan, Ahmad ^a,c   Khanna, Navin ^b   Rinas, Ursula ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; METHANOL; PHARMACOLOGY; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHARMACOLOGY; PICHIA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VACCINES, VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE;

PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 79959414321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-48     Document Type: Article

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