Spectroscopic and structural study of proton and halide ion cooperative binding to GFP

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 232-244

  Arosio, Daniele ^a   Garau, Gianpiero ^b,d   Ricci, Fernanda ^a,c   Marchetti, Laura ^a   Bizzarri, Ranieri ^a,c   Nifosì, Riccardo ^a   Beltram, Fabio ^a,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b Macromolecular Crystallography   (France)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HALIDE; HALOGEN; IMIDAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; ION; PROTON;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROMETER; HYDROGEN BOND; JELLYFISH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA;

EID: 34447248749     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.102319     Document Type: Article

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