Boosting protein expression in mammalian cells ?

[Nick Theodorakis]

In article <3778D9F0.8AAF332B at cajal.mbb.ki.se>,
  svend at cajal.mbb.ki.se wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Rumours around this lab have it that there is a drug out there, which
> may enhance the yield of transient heterologue protein expression in
> mammalian cells, e.g. CHO cells ?
>
> Can anyone confirm this and even better, name the compound ?
>
> Thanks for any input,
>
> Svend Kjaer, Ph.D.
> Dept. of Neuroscience,
> Karolinska Institute,
> Sweden
>
>

IIRC, butyrate enhances expression from some promoters (e.g., CMV
promoter) a few-fold in transfected cells. If nobody else remembers,
I'll try to come up with a reference for you.

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| Nick Theodorakis                              |
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