Transient vibronic structure in ultrafast fluorescence spectra of photoactive yellow protein

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 937-940

  Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Hamada, Norio ^a   Ichida, Hideki ^a   Tokunaga, Fumio ^a   Kanematsu, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 52149104744     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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