Construction of chimeric proteins between protein G and fluorescence- enhanced green fluorescent protein, and their application to immunoassays

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 440-445

  Arai, Ryoichi ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a   Nagamune, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; Fluoroimmunoassay (FIA); Fusion protein; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Linker; Protein G

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; BIOASSAY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PURIFICATION;

CHIMERIC PROTEINS; FUSION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOASSAYS; LYSOZYME;

ANTIBODIES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032417214     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80148-7     Document Type: Article

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