Quantitative analysis of gene expression with an improved green fluorescent protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1565-1570

  Scholz, Oliver ^b   Thiel, Anja ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^b   Niederweis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Friedrich Alexander Univ E N ^*

Author keywords

Fluorescence; gfp; lacZ; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0011734167     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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