Stability of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in chlorine solutions of varying pH

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1702-1707

  Mazzola, Priscila G ^a   Ishii, Marina ^a   Chau, Elaine ^a   Cholewa, Olivia ^b   Penna, Thereza C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CHLORINE; FLUORESCENCE; PH;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); PROTEIN STABILITY; RENATURATION; WATER FOR INJECTION (WFI);

ENZYMES;

CHLORINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; PH; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHLORINE; DRUG STABILITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33845532084     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp060217i     Document Type: Article

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