The functional expression of toxic genes: Lessons learned from molecular cloning of CCH1, a high-affinity Ca2+ channel

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-241

  Vu, Kiem ^a   Bautos, Jennifer ^a   Hong, Min Pyo ^a   Gelli, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Cryptococcus neoformans; Escherichia coli; Homologous recombination; Toxic gene

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CLONE CELLS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENES; ION EXCHANGE; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN EMBRYONIC KIDNEYS; LOCALIZATION PATTERNS;

CLONING;

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68349139573     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.06.039     Document Type: Article

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