Quaternary structure is critical for protein display on Capsid-Like Particles (CLPs): Efficient generation of hepatitis B virus CLPs presenting monomeric but not dimeric and tetrameric fluorescent proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 478-488

  Vogel, Maren ^a   Vorreiter, Jolanta ^a   Nassal, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GFP; Hepatitis B virus core protein; Particle vaccine; Virus like particle; VLP

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DIMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOMER; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TETRAMER; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATITIS B; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 11344265923     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20312     Document Type: Article

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