Family of the green fluorescent protein: Journey to the end of the rainbow

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 953-959

  Matz, Mikhail V ^a   Lukyanov, Konstantin A ^b   Lukyanov, Sergey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0036793311     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10154     Document Type: Review

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