Justus Hammon and Dinesh V. Palanivelu contributed equally to this work.
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A green fluorescent protein screen for identification of well-expressed membrane proteins from a cohort of extremophilic organisms
Article first published online: 2 DEC 2008
DOI: 10.1002/pro.18
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Hammon, J., Palanivelu, D. V., Chen, J., Patel, C. and Minor, D. L. (2009), A green fluorescent protein screen for identification of well-expressed membrane proteins from a cohort of extremophilic organisms. Protein Science, 18: 121–133. doi: 10.1002/pro.18
Publication History
- Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
- Article first published online: 2 DEC 2008
- Accepted manuscript online: 2 DEC 2008 12:00AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 15 OCT 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 10 OCT 2008
- Manuscript Received: 3 SEP 2008
Funded by
- NIH-NIGMS (Membrane Protein Expression Center and Center for the Structures of Membrane Proteins)
- American Heart Association
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