The molecular determinants of the efficiency of green fluorescent protein mutants

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-107

  Sacchetti, A ^a   Ciccocioppo, R ^a   Alberti, Saverio ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Experimental Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; FRET; GFP

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; EUKARYOTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033972230     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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