TEV protease-mediated cleavage in Drosophila as a tool to analyze protein functions in living organisms

BioTechniques

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-772

  Harder, Ben ^a   Schomburg, Adrian ^a   Pflanz, Ralf ^a   Küstner, Katharina M ^a   Gerlach, Nina ^a   Schuh, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS PROTEASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FLY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 45249092196     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112884     Document Type: Article

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