The enhanced green fluorescent protein as a tool for the analysis of protein dynamics and localization: Local fluorescence study at the single-molecule level

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 771-776

  Cinelli, Riccardo A G ^a   Ferrari, Aldo ^a   Pellegrini, Vittorio ^a   Tyagi, Mudit ^b   Giacca, Mauro ^b   Beltram, Fabio ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BLUE LIGHT; CELL SELECTION; CHROMATOPHORE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHOTODYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION ABSORPTION;

EID: 0034212061     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0710771TEGFPA2.0.CO2     Document Type: Article

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