Synthesis of a fluorescent analogue of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and its use in a high-throughput fluorometric assay for rab geranylgeranyltransferase

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2704-2711

  Wu, Yao Wen ^a   Alexandrov, Kirill ^a   Brunsveld, Luc ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHEMICAL GENOMICS CENTRE OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

3,7,11 TRIMETHYL 12 (7 NITROBENZO(1,2,5)OXADIAZO 4 YLAMINO)DODECA 2,6,10 TRIEN 1 YL PYROPHOSPHATE; 3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-12-(7-NITROBENZO(1,2,5)OXADIAZO-4-YLAMINO)DODECA-2,6,10-TRIEN-1-YL PYROPHOSPHATE; 4 CHLORO 7 NITROBENZOFURAZAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RAB GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FLUOROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

4-CHLORO-7-NITROBENZOFURAZAN; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; DIPHOSPHATES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES;

EID: 39149120860     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.401     Document Type: Article

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