Barford, DavidTakagi, YuichiroSchultz, PatrickBerger, Imre2020-05-132020-05-132013-06Barford, D., Takagi, Y., Schultz, P., & Berger, I. (2013). Baculovirus expression: tackling the complexity challenge. Current opinion in structural biology, 23(3), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2013.03.009https://hdl.handle.net/1805/22756This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.Most essential functions in eukaryotic cells are catalyzed by complex molecular machines built of many subunits. To fully understand their biological function in health and disease, it is imperative to study these machines in their entirety. The provision of many essential multiprotein complexes of higher eukaryotes including humans, can be a considerable challenge, as low abundance and heterogeneity often rule out their extraction from native source material. The baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS), specifically tailored for multiprotein complex production, has proven itself to be uniquely suited for overcoming this impeding bottleneck. Here we highlight recent major achievements in multiprotein complex structure research that were catalyzed by this versatile recombinant complex expression tool.enPublisher PolicyThis article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.baculovirus expression vector systemmultiprotein complex structure researchrecombinant expressionArticle