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Complementary methods for studies of protein interactions in living cells

Two new protein fragment complementation methods expand the toolkit available for the detection of protein interactions in living cells.

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Figure 1: Examples of protein fragments that support complementation are shown in red and blue using models based on the X-ray crystal structures of the intact proteins.

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Kerppola, T. Complementary methods for studies of protein interactions in living cells. Nat Methods 3, 969–971 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1206-969

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