Baculovirus-mediated large-scale expression and purification of a polyhistidine-tagged rubella virus capsid protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Schmidt, Michel ^a   Tuominen, Nina ^a,b   Johansson, Tove ^b   Weiss, Stefan A ^c,d   Keinänen, Kari ^a   Oker Blom, Christian ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Biotechnology Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; CAPSID PROTEIN; EXPRESSION VECTOR; LEPIDOPTERA; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RUBELLA VIRUS;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0032052447     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0851     Document Type: Article

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