Development and applications of enhanced green fluorescent protein mutants

BioTechniques

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 462-471

  Stauber, R H ^a   Horie, K ^a   Carney, P ^a   Hudson, E A ^a   Tarasova, N I ^a   Gaitanaris, G A ^a   Pavlakis, George N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL SELECTION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031943418     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98243rr01     Document Type: Article

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