Assessing the Tendency of Fluorescent Proteins to Oligomerize Under Physiologic Conditions

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Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 643-649

  Costantini, Lindsey M ^a   Fossati, Matteo ^b   Francolini, Maura ^b   Snapp, Erik Lee ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimer; Endoplasmic reticulum; fluorescence; GFP; Membrane; Monomer

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL ANCHOR MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84859585576     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: 16000854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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