GFP-like Proteins as Ubiquitous Metazoan Superfamily: Evolution of Functional Features and Structural Complexity

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 841-850

  Shagin, Dmitry A ^a   Barsova, Ekaterina V ^a   Yanushevich, Yurii G ^a   Fradkov, Arkady F ^a   Lukyanov, Konstantin A ^a   Labas, Yulii A ^b   Semenova, Tatiana N ^c   Ugalde, Juan A ^d,e   Meyers, Ann ^d   Nunez, Jose M ^d   Widder, Edith A ^f   Lukyanov, Sergey A ^a   Matz, Mikhail V ^d  

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

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Color; Convergent evolution; Coral; DsRed; Nidogen

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; COPEPOD; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRUSTACEA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROZOA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; HYDROZOA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11144357587     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh079     Document Type: Article

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