Rapid and Tunable Control of Protein Stability in Caenorhabditis elegans Using a Small Molecule

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Cho, Ukrae ^a   Zimmerman, Stephanie M ^a   Chen, Ling chun ^a   Owen, Elliot ^a   Kim, Jesse V ^a   Kim, Stuart K ^a   Wandless, Thomas J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN STABILITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84882769258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072393     Document Type: Article

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