Bioluminescence and secondary structure properties of aequorin mutants produced for site-specific conjugation and immobilization

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Lewis, J C ^a   Lopez Moya J J ^a   Daunert, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TARGETED MUTAGENESIS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CALCIUM; CHROMOPHORES; DICHROISM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BINDING ASSAYS; CA 2+; CALCIUM IONS; PHOTOPROTEINS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPECIFIC CONJUGATIONS; SPECIFIC IMMOBILIZATION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 0342632766     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc9900800     Document Type: Article

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