Concatenated metallothionein as a clonable gold label for electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-82

  Mercogliano, Christopher P ^a   DeRosier, David J ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold tag; Mass spectrometry; Metallothionein; Nanocluster; Protein label; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GOLD; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 34548627873     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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