Exploration of new chromophore structures leads to the identification of improved blue fluorescent proteins

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5904-5910

  Ai, Hui Wang ^a   Shaner, Nathan C ^b,c   Cheng, Zihao ^a   Tsien, Roger Y ^b   Campbell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (BFP); FLUORESCENT IMAGING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACIDS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; PROTON TRANSFER;

CHROMOPHORES;

BLUE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROZOA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TYROSINE;

AEQUOREA;

EID: 34249007166     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700199g     Document Type: Article

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