Selection of soluble protein expression constructs: The experimental determination of protein domain boundaries

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 908-912

  Dyson, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Genetic screening; Library; Protein domain boundary; Protein expression; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C KIT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 77955936401     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380908     Document Type: Review

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