Classical ligands interact with native and recombinant tubulin from Onchocerca volvulus with similar rank order of magnitude

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-245

  Wampande, Eddie M ^a   Richard McIntosh, J ^b   Lubega, George W ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding capacity and binding affinity; Classical ligands; Onchocerca volvulus; Recombinant and native tubulin; Tubulin expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGAND; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGANDS; ONCHOCERCA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 34548405166     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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