Identification and In Vivo characterization of NvFP-7R, a developmentally regulated red fluorescent protein of Nematostella vectensis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ikmi, Aissam ^a   Gibson, Matthew C ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT CELL; LIMB; MESENTERY; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYP; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM YIELD; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TENTACLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINIARIA; CNIDARIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA ANEMONES;

EID: 77955604255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011807     Document Type: Article

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