Expression and purification of a functional uric acid-xanthine transporter (UapA)

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Leung, James ^a   Karachaliou, Mayia ^b   Alves, Claudia ^a,c   Diallinas, George ^b   Byrne, Bernadette ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane protein; Nucleobase Ascorbate Transporters; Overexpression; Purification; Uptake assay; Uric acid xanthine permease

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UAPA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UP-REGULATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77951119756     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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