M153r mutation in a ph-sensitive green fluorescent protein stabilizes its fusion proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Morimoto, Yusuke V ^a   Kojima, Seiji ^b   Namba, Keiichi ^a   Minamino, Tohru ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHLUORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; M153R GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALMONELLA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955785935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019598     Document Type: Article

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