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ArticleVaccines2023

Large-Scale Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Expressed in Yeast.

Gaurav Nagar, Siddharth Jain, Meghraj Rajurkar, Rakesh Lothe, Harish Rao, Sourav Majumdar, Manish Gautam, Sergio A Rodriguez-Aponte, Laura E Crowell, J Christopher Love and 5 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Brief History of the Pichia pastoris Expression System.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  5. Backstage Heroes-Yeast in COVID-19 Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gaurav NagarSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Siddharth JainSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Meghraj RajurkarSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Rakesh LotheSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Harish RaoSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Sourav MajumdarSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Manish GautamSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Sergio A Rodriguez-AponteDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Laura E CrowellDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
J Christopher LoveDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Prajakta DandekarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India.
Amita PuranikDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3933-824X
Sunil GairolaSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Umesh ShaligramSerum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.
Ratnesh JainDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India.
Serum Institute of India (India) · INInstitute of Chemical Technology · INMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jacqueline A. Lees · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is an essential component of numerous protein-based vaccines for COVID-19. The receptor-binding domain of this spike protein is a promising antigen with ease of expression in microbial hosts and scalability at comparatively low production costs. This study describes the production, purification, and characterization of RBD of SARS-CoV-2 protein, which is currently in clinical trials, from a commercialization perspective. The protein was expressed in

Indexed as

angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2)characterizationchromatographyCOVID-19receptor-binding domain (RBD)SARS-CoV-2vaccine

Identifiers

PMID37897004
PMCPMC10610970
OpenAlexW4387673667

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