Using affinity chromatography to investigate novel protein-protein interactions in an undergraduate cell and molecular biology lab course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-225

  Belanger, Kenneth D ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MEX67 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; NUP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STUDENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STUDENTS;

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EID: 70349453984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.09-03-0019     Document Type: Article

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