Katada Hitoshi, Ren Yi, Shigi Narumi, Komiyama Makoto
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Symp Ser (Oxf). 2008(52):483-4. doi: 10.1093/nass/nrn245.
Two of three amino acid residues, which compose the chromophore of the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), were converted to others by using artificial restriction DNA cutter (ARCUT). The vector prepared by ARCUT was easily connected with the insert by using oligonucleotide additive and resultant fluorescent protein such as blue fluorescent protein (BFP) was successfully expressed in cells.