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Avidin

Avidin

(Science: protein) biotin binding protein (68 kD) from egg White. Binding is so strong as to be effectively irreversible a diet of raw egg White leads to biotin deficiency.


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Research in plants producing human antibodies!!?

as far as I know, glycosylation signals are conserved among all eukaryotes. For example, I just expressed chicken avidin into yeast and it gets glycosylated just fine

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by MrMistery
Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:45 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Research in plants producing human antibodies!!?
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The Fiber Disease

... possible physiological roles of metallothionein (MT), we have studied immunohistological localization of MT in the eye of the rat, using an avidin-biotin peroxidase complex method. As a result, strong MT immunostaining was observed in the epithelium of the lens and cornea. In the retina, ...

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by London
Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:51 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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