An auxin-based degron system for the rapid depletion of proteins in nonplant cells

Nature Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 917-922

  Nishimura, Kohei ^a   Fukagawa, Tatsuo ^b   Takisawa, Haruhiko ^a   Kakimoto, Tatsuo ^a   Kanemaki, Masato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONKEY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CRICETINAE; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SKP CULLIN F-BOX PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 73349085934     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1401     Document Type: Article

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