Expression, Purification, and Characterization of an Iron Chaperon Protein CyaY from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Current Microbiology,DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9775-2

Chenbing Ai, Hongyu Mo, Qian Chen, Yuandong Liu, Lin Tang, Juan Du and Jia Zeng

Keywords: CyaY, bacterial homolog of frataxin, iron–sulfur clusters, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Escherichia coli, affinity chromatography, ferric iron, iron donor, scaffold protein IscU, IscS, l-cysteine.

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Genetic Engineering of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Its Application in Human Disease Therapy

Conrad P. Hodgkinson, José A. Gomez, Maria Mirotsou, Victor J. Dzau. Human Gene Therapy. -Not available-, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/hum.2010.165.

Keywords: stem cells, tissue regeneration, bone marrow, therapeutic potential, cardiovascular injury, kidney failure, cancer, neurological and bone disorders. low survival, engraftment, inefficiencies in differentiating into fully functional tissues, genetic engineering, mesenchymal stem cells, genetic modifications.