Evolutionary optimization of fluorescent proteins for intracellular FRET

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-360

  Nguyen, Annalee W ^a   Daugherty, Patrick S ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RESONANCE;

BINDING INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; FÖRSTER RESONACE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); MOLECULAR IMAGING;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; CASPASE 3; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LETTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRIXIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 21444436724     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1066     Document Type: Article

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