Directed molecular evolution to design advanced red fluorescent proteins

Nature Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1019-1026

  Subach, Fedor V ^a   Piatkevich, Kiryl D ^a   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CHROMATOPHORE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; KNOWLEDGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 82355188370     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1776     Document Type: Review

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