Mutations that suppress the thermosensitivity of green fluorescent protein

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1653-1663

  Siemering, Kirby R ^a,c   Golbik, Ralph ^b,c   Sever, Richard ^a,c   Haseloff, Jim ^a,c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Protein Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCYPHOZOA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030452512     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70789-6     Document Type: Article

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