Visualization of cofilin-actin and Ras-Raf interactions by bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays using a new pair of split Venus fragments

BioTechniques

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Ohashi, Kazumasa ^a   Kiuchi, Tai ^a   Shoji, Kazuyasu ^a   Sampei, Kaori ^a   Mizuno, Kensaku ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC); Calmodulin; Cofilin; Ras Raf interaction; Split Venus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALMODULIN; COFILIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENUS FRAGMENT; VENUS FUSED DOWNSTREAM OF ACTIN; VENUS FUSED UPSTREAM OF COFILIN;

ARTICLE; BIMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION ASSAY; CELL ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALMODULIN; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855905749     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113777     Document Type: Article

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