Chapter 5 Visible fluorescent proteins for FRET

Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue C, 2009, Pages 171-223

  Kremers, Gert Jan ^a   Goedhart, Joachim ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 59249103725     PISSN: 00757535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-7535(08)00005-3     Document Type: Review

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