A "Humanized" green fluorescent protein cDNA adapted for high-level expression in mammalian cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 4646-4654

  Zolotukhin, Sergei ^a   Potter, Mark ^a   Hauswirth, William W ^a,b   Guy, John ^a,b   Muzyczka, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEPENDOVIRUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0029995531     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.7.4646-4654.1996     Document Type: Article

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