Expansion of the genetic code enables design of a novel "gold" class of green fluorescent proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1071-1081

  Bae, Jae Hyun ^a   Rubini, Marina ^a   Jung, Gregor ^b   Wiegand, Georg ^a   Seifert, Markus H J ^a   Azim, M Kamran ^a   Kim, Jeong Sun ^a   Zumbusch, Andreas ^b   Holak, Tad A ^a   Moroder, Luis ^a   Huber, Robert ^a   Budisa, Nediljko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid incorporation; Chromophore; Genetic code; Green fluorescent protein; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN VARIANT;

AEQUORIA VICTORA; PEGANTHA;

EID: 0037449124     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00364-4     Document Type: Article

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