Expression-Enhanced Fluorescent Proteins Based on Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein for Super-resolution Microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 9528-9541

  Duwé, Sam ^a   De Zitter, Elke ^a,b   Gielen, Vincent ^a   Moeyaert, Benjamien ^a   Vandenberg, Wim ^a   Grotjohann, Tim ^d   Clays, Koen ^a   Jakobs, Stefan ^c,d   Van Meervelt, Luc ^b   Dedecker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

crystal structure determination; fluorescent proteins; RESOLFT; reversible photoswitching; rsEGFP; SOFI; super resolution fluorescence microscopy; superfolder

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; ISOMERIZATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOCHROMISM; PROBES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOSWITCHING; RESOLFT; RSEGFP; SOFI; SUPER RESOLUTION; SUPERFOLDER;

PROTEINS;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, AEQUOREA VICTORIA;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HYDROZOA; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROZOA; ISOMERISM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84945900048     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04129     Document Type: Article

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