Discovery of improved EGF agonists using a novel in vitro screening platform

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 406-415

  Lui, Bertrand H ^a   Cochran, Jennifer R ^a   Swartz, James R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

cell free protein synthesis; epidermal growth factor; high throughput screening; mitogenic activity; protein engineering

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TEMPLATE; MITOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 80054774220     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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