Rescue of intracellularly trapped lutropin receptor exodomain by endodomain and reconstitution of a functional membrane receptor: Interaction between exo- and endodomains

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 114-123

  Bozon, Véronique ^a   Couture, Laurence ^b   Pajot Augy, Edith ^b   Richard, Fabien ^c   Remy, Jean Jacques ^b   Salesse, Roland ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus system; Disulfide links; Double recombinant virus; Interdomain interaction; Lutropin receptor

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0036930082     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2002.1617     Document Type: Article

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