Functional expression of green fluorescent protein derivatives in Halobacterium salinarum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-293

  Nomura, Sayuri ^a   Harada, Yoshinori ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Fusion protein; Green fluorescent protein; Halobacterium salinarum

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HALOBACTERIUM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031786572     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00403-0     Document Type: Article

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