Identification of endonuclease activity in HIV-1 gp120 preparations produced using baculovirus expression systems

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 296-299

  Davidoff, Avri N ^a,b   Mendelow, B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAGNESIUM ION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZINC;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETIOLOGY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FREEZE DRYING; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030741020     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97232st07     Document Type: Article

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