Maltose-binding protein fusion allows for high level bacterial expression and purification of bioactive mammalian cytokine derivatives.

Fusokines are chimeric proteins generated by the physical coupling of cytokines in a single polypeptide, resulting in proteins with highly pleiotropic activity and the potential to treat cancer and autoimmune ailments. For instance, the fusokine GIFT15 (GM-CSF and Interleukin 15 Fusion Transgene) ha...

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Main Authors: Andrea Pennati, Jiusheng Deng, Jacques Galipeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4157803?pdf=render