Synthetic biology of proteins: Tuning GFPs folding and stability with fluoroproline

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Steiner, Thomas ^a   Hess, Petra ^a,b   Bae, Jae Hyun ^a,c   Wiltschi, Birgit ^a   Moroder, Luis ^a   Budisa, Nediljko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Salutas Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORINE; PROLINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG STABILITY; ISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

DRUG STABILITY; FLUORINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 45949083738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001680     Document Type: Article

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