Recombinant protein production in the eukaryotic protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae: A review

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 824, Issue , 2012, Pages 307-315

  Niimi, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Mammalian type posttranslational modification; Protozoan parasite; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA; LIZARDS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; GEKKONIDAE; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855974397     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-433-9_15     Document Type: Review

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