Fluorescent proteins in cellular organelles: Serious pitfalls and some solutions

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 622-627

  Costantini, Lindsey M ^a   Snapp, Erik Lee ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENDOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISULFIDES; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANELLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84886077330     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2013.2172     Document Type: Review

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