Modulation of protein properties in living cells using nanobodies

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Kirchhofer, Axel ^a,b   Helma, Jonas ^a,b   Schmidthals, Katrin ^a,b   Frauer, Carina ^a,b   Cui, Sheng ^a,b   Karcher, Annette ^a,b   Pellis, Mireille ^c   Muyldermans, Serge ^c   Casas Delucchi, Corella S ^d   Cardoso, M Cristina ^d   Leonhardt, Heinrich ^a,b   Hopfner, Karl Peter ^a,b   Rothbauer, Ulrich ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e CHROMOTEK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CAMELS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77449102676     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1727     Document Type: Article

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