Springer Protocols: Abstract: Transformation of Drosophila Cell Lines: An Alternative Approach to Exogenous Protein Expression

Transformation of Drosophila Cell Lines: An Alternative Approach to Exogenous Protein Expression

By: Lucy Cherbas², Peter Cherbas³

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Techniques and experimental applications are described for exogenous protein expression in Drosophila cell lines. Ways in which the Drosophila cell lines and the baculovirus expression vector system differ in their applications are emphasized.

Affiliation(s): (2) Department of Biology and Drosophila Genomics Resource Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
(3) Department of Biology and Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Book Title: Baculovirus and Insect Cell Expression Protocols

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 388 | Pub. Date: Jul-06-2007 | Page Range: 317-340 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-457-5_16

Subject: Microbiology

Key Words: Drosophila - S2 - Kc - stable transformation - transient expression

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