The expression of outer membrane proteins for crystallization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1610, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Bannwarth, Michael ^a   Schulz, Georg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detergent extraction; Detergent micelle; Eukaryotic organellar outer membrane; Functional expression; In vitro (re)folding; Inclusion body

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL INCLUSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MITOCHONDRION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037450548     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00711-3     Document Type: Review

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