The phytofluors: A new class of fluorescent protein probes

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 870-876

  Murphy, John T ^a,b   Lagarias, J Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARABIDOPSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031282480     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00375-7     Document Type: Article

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