Protein tagging and detection with engineered self-assembling fragments of green fluorescent protein

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Cabantous, Stéphanie ^a   Terwilliger, Thomas C ^a   Waldo, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); PROTEIN TAGGING;

PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEOMICS; PYROBACULUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS; PYROBACULUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244296604     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1044     Document Type: Article

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