Engineering and characterization of a superfolder green fluorescent protein

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Pédelacq, Jean Denis ^a   Cabantous, Stéphanie ^a   Tran, Timothy ^b   Terwilliger, Thomas C ^a   Waldo, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL DENATURANTS; FOLDING KINETICS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROBACULUM; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROBACULUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROBACULUM; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM;

EID: 30544433196     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1172     Document Type: Article

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