A general method for the covalent labeling of fusion proteins with small molecules in vivo

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-89

  Keppler, Antje ^a   Gendreizig, Susanne ^a   Gronemeyer, Thomas ^a   Pick, Horst ^a   Vogel, Horst ^a   Johnsson, Kai ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; YEAST;

CYSTEINES;

CELL CULTURE;

BIOTIN; CYSTEINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; COVALENT BOND; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; YEASTS;

EID: 0037225952     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt765     Document Type: Article

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