Fluorescent derivatives of the GFP chromophore give a new insight into the GFP fluorescence process

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1839-1850

  Follenius Wund, Anny ^a   Bourotte, Maryline ^a   Schmitt, Martine ^a   Iyice, Fatih ^a   Lami, Hans ^a   Bourguignon, Jean Jacques ^a   Haiech, Jacques ^a   Pigault, Claire ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXANE; GLYCEROL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0042823463     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74612-8     Document Type: Article

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