Azatryptophans as tools to study polarity requirements for folding of green fluorescent protein

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 589-595

  Hoesl, Michael Georg ^a   Larregola, Maud ^a   Cui, Haissi ^a   Budisa, Nediljko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azatryptophan; ECFP; Folding; GFP; Trp57

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA;

EID: 78149372421     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1263     Document Type: Article

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