Expression of recombinant GFP-actin fusion protein in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-111

  Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^a,d   Shavlovsky, Mikhail M ^b   Nevzglyadova, Olga V ^c   Gaivoronsky, Andrey A ^c   Artemov, Aleksey V ^c   Stepanenko, Olga V ^c   Kuznetsova, Irina M ^c   Turoverov, Konstantin K ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton labeling; GFP actin fusion; Pichia pastoris; Recombinant actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHANOL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEPHAROSE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0037372513     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(02)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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