Heterologous expression of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes from the flagellate Euglena gracilis in insect cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1601-1605

  Ntefidou, Maria ^a   Lüdtke, Timo ^a   Ahmad, Margaret ^b,c   Häder, Donat Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INSECTS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; HEXAPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846523511     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-04-06-RA-867     Document Type: Article

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