AcrB contamination in 2-D crystallization of membrane proteins: Lessons from a sodium channel and a putative monovalent cation/proton antiporter

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-424

  Glover, Christopher A P ^a   Postis, Vincent L G ^b   Charalambous, Kalypso ^c   Tzokov, Svetomir B ^a   Booth, Wesley I ^a   Deacon, Sarah E ^b   Wallace, B A ^c   Baldwin, Stephen A ^b   Bullough, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 D Crystal; 2dx; Continuous flow dialysis; Electron crystallography; Membrane proteins; Sparse matrix; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTER ACRB; PROTEIN MPSIL0171; PROTEIN NACHBAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80455160120     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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