The synthesis and high-level expression of a β2-adrenergic receptor gene in a tetracycline-inducible stable mammalian cell line

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1433-1440

  Chelikani, Prashen ^a   Reeves, Philip J ^a,b   Rajbhandary, Uttam L ^a   Khorana, H Gobind ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptor; Expression; GPCR; Mammalian cell lines; Synthetic gene

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CODON; CRICETINAE; DIHYDROALPRENOLOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SOLUBILITY; TETRACYCLINE;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33744457017     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062080006     Document Type: Article

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