Membrane protein structural biology - How far can the bugs take us? (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 329-332

  Granseth, Erik ^a,b   Seppälä, Susanna ^a   Rapp, Mikaela ^a   Daley, Daniel O ^a   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Bioinformatics Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Membrane protein; Protein overexpression; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34548057250     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680701413882     Document Type: Review

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