Advanced Technologies for Protein Complex Production and Characterization

This book presents advanced expression technologies for the production of protein complexes. Since complexes lie at the heart of modern biology, the expression, purification, and characterization of large amounts of high-quality protein complexes is crucial for the fields of biomedicine, biotechnolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vega, M. Cristina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Protein complex production from the drug discovery standpoint
  • Choose a suitable expression host: a survey of available protein production platforms
  • ACEMBL Tool-Kits for High-Throughput Multigene Delivery and Expression in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Hosts
  • Complex reconstitution and characterization by combining co-expression techniques in Escherichia coli with high-throughput
  • Membrane protein production in E. coli for applications in drug discovery
  • Cell-free Synthesis of Macromolecular Complexes
  • A Bacillus megaterium system for the production of recombinant proteins and protein complexes
  • Protein complex production in alternative prokaryotic hosts
  • Production of Protein Complexes in Non-methylotrophic and Methylotrophic Yeasts
  • Leishmania tarentolae for the Production of Multi-Subunit Complexes
  • Alternative Eukaryotic Expression Systems for the Production of Proteins and Protein Complexes
  • Fundamentals of baculovirus expression and applications
  • The MultiBac Baculovirus / Insect Cell Expression Vector System for Producing Complex Protein Biologics
  • Fundamentals of expression in mammalian cells
  • Assembling multi-subunit complexes using mammalian expression
  • Microalgae as solar-powered protein factories
  • Strategies and methodologies for the co-expression of multiple proteins in plants
  • Transient expression systems in plants—potentialities and constraints
  • Complex reconstitution from individual protein modules
  • Structural reconstruction of protein-protein complexes involved in intracellular signaling
  • The use of small-angle scattering for the characterization of multi subunit complexes
  • Application of nuclear magnetic resonance and hybrid methods to structure determination of complex systems.