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ArticleScientific reports2018

Low cost, microcontroller based heating device for multi-wavelength differential scanning fluorimetry.

Jo Hoeser, Emmanuel Gnandt, Thorsten Friedrich

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 authors.

Jo HoeserInstitut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104, Freiburg i. Br., Germany. hoeser@bio.chemie.uni-freiburg.de.
Emmanuel GnandtInstitut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104, Freiburg i. Br., Germany.
Thorsten FriedrichInstitut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104, Freiburg i. Br., Germany. friedrich@bio.chemie.uni-freiburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-7883

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differential scanning fluorimetry is a popular method to estimate the stability of a protein in distinct buffer conditions by determining its 'melting point'. The method requires a temperature controlled fluorescence spectrometer or a RT-PCR machine. Here, we introduce a low-budget version of a microcontroller based heating device implemented into a 96-well plate reader that is connected to a standard fluorescence spectrometer. We demonstrate its potential to determine the 'melting point' of soluble and membranous proteins at various buffer conditions.

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PMID29362420
PMCPMC5780519

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