Optical absorption of the blue fluorescent protein: A first-principles study

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 12329-12337

  Lopez, Xabier ^a,b   Marques, Miguel A L ^a,c   Castro, Alberto ^c   Rubio, Angel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE; INCLUSIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTON IRRADIATION; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BLUE FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (BFP); FLOPPY TORSIONAL MOTION; PROTONATION; TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

PROTEINS;

BLUE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GAS; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE;

CATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MATHEMATICS; OPTICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

EID: 24644512135     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja050935l     Document Type: Article

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