Soluble, highly fluorescent variants of green fluorescent protein (GFP) for use in higher plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-528

  Davis, Seth J ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Dominant genetic marker; Dual localization; Green fluorescent protein; Reporter gene; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOLUBILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032030760     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005991617182     Document Type: Article

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