Preventing proteolytic artifacts in the baculovirus expression system

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-20

  Hom, Louis G ^a   Volkman, Loy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BACULOVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031819849     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98251bm01     Document Type: Article

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