Assay for intracellular calcium using a codon-optimized aequorin

BioTechniques

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 730-734

  Vernon, Wendy I ^a   Printen, John A ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CODON; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036794442     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/02334bm02     Document Type: Article

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