Red- and green-emitting firefly luciferase mutants for bioluminescent reporter applications

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-148

  Branchini, Bruce R ^a   Southworth, Tara L ^a   Khattak, Neelum F ^a   Michelini, Elisa ^b   Roda, Aldo ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Dual color; Firefly; Imaging; Luciferase; Multiplex assay; Mutagenesis; Red emission; Reporter

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DUAL COLOR; FIREFLY; LUCIFERASE; MULTIPLEX ASSAYS; RED EMISSIONS; REPORTER;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

LUCIFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLOR VISION; FIELD EMISSION; FLY; IMAGING SYSTEM; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 27644453451     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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