One- and two-photon excited fluorescence lifetimes and anisotropy decays of green fluorescent proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1589-1598

  Volkmer, Andreas ^a,c   Subramaniam, Vinod ^b   Birch, David J S ^a   Jovin, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; HALF LIFE TIME; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION;

EID: 0034053143     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76711-7     Document Type: Article

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