Green fluorescent protein labeling of cytoskeletal structures - Novel targeting approach based on leucine zippers

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-304

  Katz, B Z ^a,b,c   Krylov, D ^a,b   Aota, S I ^a   Olive, M ^a,b   Vinson, C ^a,b   Yamada, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VINCULIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROFILAMENT; PREPUCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031828757     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98252rr01     Document Type: Article

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