Purification and reconstitution of the connexin43 carboxyl terminus attached to the 4th transmembrane domain in detergent micelles

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Kellezi, Admir ^a   Grosely, Rosslyn ^b   Kieken, Fabien ^b   Borgstahl, Gloria E O ^a,b   Sorgen, Paul L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx43; Cx43 carboxyl terminal domain; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DETERGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICELLE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; DETERGENTS; MICELLES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 42749096749     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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