This protocol describes a heat shock-induced protein expression system (pDHsp/V5-His/sf9 cell system), which can be used for either expressing foreign proteins or evaluating the anti-apoptotic activity of potential foreign proteins and their truncated amino acids in insect cells.
Chang, J., Lee, S. J., Kim, J. S., Wang, C., Nai, Y. Transient Expression of Foreign Genes in Insect Cells (sf9) for Protein Functional Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (132), e56693, doi:10.3791/56693 (2018).