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baculovirus expression system - (Sep/20/2006 )

Hi everybody,
is there a special reason to use ovarian cells in eucaryotic protein expression systems?
thanks

-boub-

what's the link with baculovirus?...

-fred_33-

You'd be using insect cells with baculovirus to express your protein?

-Ceri-

QUOTE (fred_33 @ Sep 20 2006, 01:21 PM)
what's the link with baculovirus?...


The insect cell lines SF9, SF21 and High Five are derived from moth ovarian cells.

-jaknight-