An improved cyan fluorescent protein variant useful for FRET

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-449

  Rizzo, Mark A ^a   Springer, Gerald H ^a   Granada, Butch ^a   Piston, David W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOSENSORS; CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MUTAGENESIS; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ENHANCED CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (ECFP); EXCITATION COEFFICIENT;

PROTEINS;

CERULEAN PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUCOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BLEACHING; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTUM YIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GLUCOKINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842424983     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt945     Document Type: Article

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