In vivo calcineurin crystals formed using the baculovirus expression system

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Fan, G Y ^a   Maldonado, Fausto ^b   Zhang, Y ^a   Kincaid, Randall ^c   Ellisman, Mark H ^a   Gastinel, Louis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c Veritas Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; In vivo protein crystal; Overexpression; Recombinant baculovirus

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; CALCINEURIN; CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; CO-EXPRESSION; IN VIVO PROTEIN CRYSTAL; IN-VIVO; OVEREXPRESSIONS; PROTEIN CRYSTAL; RECOMBINANT BACULOVIRUS; REGULATORY SUBUNITS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

4 NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0029879451     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960501)34:1<77::AID-JEMT11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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