Chromophore maturation and fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy of fluorescent proteins in a cell-free expression system

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 291-298

  MacDonald, Patrick J ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Mueller, Joachim D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness analysis; Chromophore formation; EGFP; mCherry; NTF2; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINANCE; PROTEINS; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

CHROMOPHORE FORMATION; COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EGFP; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE STUDIES; MCHERRY; NTF2; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS;

CHROMOPHORES;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84855864891     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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