Over-expression in Escherichia coli, purification and reconstitution in liposomes of the third member of the OCTN sub-family: The mouse carnitine transporter OCTN3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 422, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-63

  Scalise, Mariafrancesca ^a   Galluccio, Michele ^a   Pochini, Lorena ^a   Indiveri, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expression; Liposomes; OCTN3; Purification; Reconstitution; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARNITINE; CYSTINE; LIPOSOME; NICKEL COMPLEX; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTUM YIELD;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOSOMES; MICE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861457897     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.04.105     Document Type: Article

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