A 2in1 cloning system enables ratiometric bimolecular fluorescence complementation (rBiFC)

BioTechniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-314

  Grefen, Christopher ^a   Blatt, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2in1 cloning; Bimolecular fluorescence complementation; CBL CIPK network; Gateway technology; Protein protein interaction; RBiFC; Split YFP

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION ASSAY; CLONING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84869238824     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113941     Document Type: Article

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