Advanced Fluorescent Polymer Probes for the Site-Specific Labeling of Proteins in Live Cells Using the HaloTag

Thomas Berki1,2, Anush Bakunts3, Damien Duret1,2

  • 1Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, INSA de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, UMR5223, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France.

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|August 29, 2019
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