Dark states in monomeric red fluorescent proteins studied by fluorescence correlation and single molecule spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4103-4113

  Hendrix, Jelle ^a   Flors, Cristina ^a   Dedecker, Peter ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Engelborghs, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 43849083731     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123596     Document Type: Article

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