Characterization of Flavin-Based Fluorescent Proteins: An Emerging Class of Fluorescent Reporters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mukherjee, Arnab ^a   Walker, Joshua ^a   Weyant, Kevin B ^a   Schroeder, Charles M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVIN BASED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; FLUORESCENT HOLOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; THERMOSTABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PROBES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84878593033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064753     Document Type: Article

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