Generation of optimized yellow and red fluorescent proteins with distinct subcellular localization

BioTechniques

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 418-424

  Okita, Chiga ^a   Sato, Masae ^a   Schroeder, Timm ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CYTOLOGY; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

CELL BIOLOGY; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1542375909     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04363st01     Document Type: Article

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