Green-fluorescent protein fusions for efficient characterization of nuclear targeting

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 573-586

  Grebenok, Robert J ^a   Pierson, Elizabeth ^a   Lambert, Georgina M ^a   Gong, Fang Cheng ^a,c   Afonso, Claudio L ^a,d   Haldeman Cahill, Ruth ^b   Carrington, James C ^b   Galbraith, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SCYPHOZOA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031104648     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11030573.x     Document Type: Article

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