Design of a highly specific and noninvasive biosensor suitable for real-time in vivo imaging of mercury (II) uptake

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 614-622

  Chapleau, Richard R ^b   Blomberg, Rebecca ^b   Ford, Peter C ^b   Sagermann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biosensor; Fluorescence; GFP; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MERCURY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JELLYFISH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; BINDING SITES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA;

EID: 41649105345     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.073358908     Document Type: Article

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