Heterologous GPCR expression: A bottleneck to obtaining crystal structures

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 540-547

  McCusker, Emily C ^a   Bane, Steven E ^b   O'Malley, Michelle A ^b   Robinson, Anne Skaja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS (GPCR); INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RHODOPSIN;

PROTEINS;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EID: 34250306407     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp060349b     Document Type: Review

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