Photodynamics of Red Fluorescent Proteins Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 384-394

  Schenk, Andreas ^a   Ivanchenko, Sergey ^a   Röcker, Carlheinz ^a   Wiedenmann, Jörg ^a   Nienhaus, Gerd Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MACROGOL; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEA ANEMONE;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR;

EID: 0346057935     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74114-4     Document Type: Article

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