Microsphere-based flow cytometry protease assays for use in protease activity detection and high-throughput screening

Current Protocols in Cytometry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.54, 2010, Pages

  Saunders, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Edwards, Bruce S ^b   Zhu, Jingshu ^a   Sklar, Larry A ^b   Graves, Steven W ^a,c  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; High throughput; Microspheres; Multiplex microspheres; Protease; Protease assays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROSPHERE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOTINYLATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 79953214396     PISSN: 19349297     EISSN: 19349300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy1312s54     Document Type: Article

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