Cloning and expression of multiple integral membrane proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Escherichia coli

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-158

  Korepanova, Alla ^a,b   Gao, Fei P ^a,b   Hua, Yuanzi ^a   Qin, Huajun ^a   Nakamoto, Robert K ^c   Cross, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Escherichia coli; Membrane protein; Membrane protein expression; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LYSATE; CODON; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA GENE; TRNA GENE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 11144234979     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.041022305     Document Type: Article

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