Dependence of fluorescent protein brightness on protein concentration in solution and enhancement of it

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Morikawa, Takamitsu J ^a   Fujita, Hideaki ^a,b   Kitamura, Akira ^c   Horio, Takashi ^c   Yamamoto, Johtaro ^c   Kinjo, Masataka ^c   Sasaki, Akira ^d   Machiyama, Hiroaki ^a,b   Yoshizawa, Keiko ^b   Ichimura, Taro ^b   Imada, Katsumi ^a   Nagai, Takeharu ^a,b   Watanabe, Tomonobu M ^b,e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GLYCINE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84960423066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22342     Document Type: Article

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