Diffusion of green fluorescent protein in three cell environments in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3442-3448

  Mullineaux, Conrad W ^a   Nenninger, Anja ^b   Ray, Nicola ^b   Robinson, Colin ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CEPHALEXIN; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33646594697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.10.3442-3448.2006     Document Type: Article

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