Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) Analysis of Protein-Protein Interaction. How to Calculate Signal-to-Noise Ratio.

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-121

  Kodama, Yutaka ^a   Hu, Chang Deng ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimolecular fluorescence complementation; Mammalian cells; Microorganism; Molecular cloning; Plants; Protein protein interaction; Transfection; Worms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872410529     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407239-8.00006-9     Document Type: Chapter

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