Measuring protein conformational changes by FRET/LRET

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 292-296

  Heyduk, Tomasz ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0036669824     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(02)00332-4     Document Type: Review

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