Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) for the real-time detection of protein-protein interactions

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 337-345

  Pfleger, Kevin D G ^a   Seeber, Ruth M ^a   Eidne, Karin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 34250637175     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.52     Document Type: Article

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