A versatile set of tagged expression vectors to monitor protein localisation and function in Dictyostelium

Gene

Volumn 465, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Dubin, Manu ^a   Nellen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epitope tag; Genetic transformation; Green fluorescent protein; Recombination cloning; Red fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; BLASTICIDIN S; DICER; DICER B; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ERIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ERIA;

EID: 77955574420     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.06.010     Document Type: Review

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