Recombinant expression of Munc18c in a baculovirus system and interaction with syntaxin

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Hu, Shu Hong ^a   Gee, Christine L ^a   Latham, Catherine F ^a   Rowlinson, Scott W ^a,c   Rova, Ulrika ^a,d   Jones, Alun ^a   Halliday, Judy A ^a,e   Bryant, Nia J ^f   James, David E ^b   Martin, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e Alchemia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; His tag; Munc18; Protein complex formation; Protein expression; Protein purification; Sec1; SNARE proteins

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 10744230254     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(03)00197-9     Document Type: Article

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