The extracellular domain of immunodeficiency virus gp41 protein: Expression in Escherichia coli, purification, and crystallization

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1653-1660

  Wingfield, Paul T ^a,c   Stahl, Stephen J ^a   Kaufman, Joshua ^a   Zlotnick, Adam ^a   Hyde, C Craig ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^b   Clore, G Marius ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli protein expression; HIV 1 and SIV gp41 ectodomain; Physiochemical analysis; Protein crystallization; Protein folding and purification; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030762020     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060806     Document Type: Article

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