Expression of bovine leukemia virus protein p24 in Escherichia coli and its use in the immunoblotting assay

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 227-232

  Bicka, Leokadia ^a   Kuźmak, Jacek ^a   Kozaczyńska, Bozena ^a   Płucienniczak, Andrzej ^b   Skorupska, Anna ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bovine leukemia virus; Fusion protein p24; Gag gene cloning; Immunoblotting assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

CORE PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN P24, BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GAG PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SHEEP; THIOREDOXIN; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0035223932     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2001_5130     Document Type: Article

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