Expression and use of superfolder green fluorescent protein at high temperatures in vivo: A tool to study extreme thermophile biology

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-613

  Cava, Felipe ^a   De Pedro, Miguel Angel ^a   Blas Galindo, Emilio ^a   Waldo, Geoffrey S ^b   Westblade, Lars F ^c   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 38549111794     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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