p55-hGRF, a short natural form of the Ras-GDP exchange factor. High yield production and characterization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 806-816

  Meyer, Philippe ^a   Janin, Joël ^a   Baudet Nessler, Sylvie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; P21 Ras; Protein protein interaction; Renaturation

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P39; PROTEIN P55; RAS PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; KINETICS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 0033178902     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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