Rapid protein-folding assay using green fluorescent protein

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 691-695

  Waldo, Geoffrey S ^a   Standish, Blake M ^a   Berendzen, Joel ^b   Terwilliger, Thomas C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation directed evolution; Green fluorescent protein; Inclusion body; Protein folding; Reporter; Solubility

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPORTER GENE; SOLUBILITY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRITINS; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INCLUSION BODIES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033015460     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10904     Document Type: Article

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