Cysteineless non-glycosylated monomeric blue fluorescent protein, secBFP2, for studies in the eukaryotic secretory pathway

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 430, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1114-1119

  Costantini, Lindsey M ^a   Subach, Oksana M ^b   Jaureguiberry bravo, Matias ^a   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^a   Snapp, Erik L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BFP; Disulfide bonds; Endoplasmic reticulum; Fluorescent proteins; N glycosylation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTEIN; SECBFP2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTE; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELIABILITY; SECRETORY PATHWAY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYSTEINE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SECRETORY PATHWAY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872493952     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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