Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of fluorescent Rab 7 proteins: Tools to study vesicular trafficking in cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-512

  Owen, David J ^b   Alexandrov, Kirill ^a   Rostkova, Elena ^a   Scheidig, Axel J ^a   Goody, Roger S ^a   Waldmann, Herbert ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme catalysis; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Isoprenoids; Lipoproteins; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRENYLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033557870     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<509::aid-anie509>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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