A simple screen for permissive sites in proteins: Analysis of Escherichia coli lac permease

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-263

  Manoil, Colin ^a   Bailey, Jeannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope tag; Membrane protein; Protein engineering; Tn5

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EPITOPE; GENE PRODUCT; LACTOSE; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031588907     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0881     Document Type: Article

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