Expression and characterization af lens membrane intrinsic protein, MIP, in a baculovirus expression system

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-94

  Swamy Mruthinti, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression system; Lens; Major intrinsic protein (MIP); Membrane permeability; Reconstituted liposomes

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; LENS PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; WATER; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; EYE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL MEMBRANE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031594623     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.1.88.5254     Document Type: Article

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