Femtosecond spectroscopy probes the folding quality of antibody fragments expressed as GFP fusions in the cytoplasm

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 878-884

  Didier, P ^a   Weiss, E ^a   Sibler, A P ^a   Philibert, P ^b   Martineau, P ^b   Bigot, J Y ^c   Guidoni, L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Excited state dynamics; Femtosecond spectroscopy; Fluorescence; Folding reporter; Genetic fusion; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Protein aggregation; Protein folding; Single chain variable fragment (scFv)

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37649022457     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.141     Document Type: Article

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