Imaging proteins inside cells with fluorescent tags

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-16

  Crivat, Georgeta ^a   Taraska, Justin W ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CELLULAR IMAGING; FLUORESCENT PROBES; FUSION TAG; GENETIC METHODS; LABELING PROTEINS; LIVING CELL; TARGET SEQUENCES;

ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; PROBES;

PROTEINS;

CELL PROTEIN; ENZYME; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE SEQUENCE; LABELING INDEX; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84355166675     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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