Functional Fusion Proteins by Random Transposon-Based GFP Insertion

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-44

  Mealer, Robert ^a   Butler, Heather ^a   Hughes, Thomas ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

CELL LINE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 37349052779     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)85002-9     Document Type: Review

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