A modified, dual reporter TOXCAT system for monitoring homodimerization of transmembrane segments of proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Lis, Maciej ^a   Blumenthal, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactamase; Membrane proteins; TOXCAT; Voltage sensitive sodium channel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; DIMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MALTOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 28144456581     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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