Structure and dynamics of green fluorescent protein

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 821-827

  Phillips Jr , George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW;

EID: 0008566674     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80153-4     Document Type: Article

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