Green-fluorescent proteins in Caribbean corals

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 402-411

  Mazel, Charles H ^a   Lesser, Michael P ^b   Gorbunov, Maxim Y ^c   Barry, Thomas M ^b   Farrell, Julianne H ^b   Wyman, Kevin D ^c   Falkowski, Paul G ^c  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANTHOZOA; HYDROMEDUSA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTREA CAVERNOSA; MONTASTREA FAVEOLATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037254831     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.1_part_2.0402     Document Type: Article

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