Color transitions in coral's fluorescent proteins by site-directed mutagenesis

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-7

  Gurskaya, Nadya G ^a   Savitsky, Alexander P ^b   Yanushevich, Yurii G ^a   Lukyanov, Sergey A ^a   Lukyanov, Konstantin A ^a  

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

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; JELLYFISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEQUOREA; AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANTHOZOA; SCYPHOZOA; VICTORIA;

EID: 3042807898     PISSN: 14712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-2-6     Document Type: Article

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