Ultrafast photoconversion of the green fluorescent protein studied by accumulative femtosecond spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2763-2770

  Langhojer, Florian ^a   Dimler, Frank ^a   Jung, Gregor ^b   Brixner, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DECARBOXYLATION; FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; KINETICS; MUTATION; TIME;

COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649305127     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.049     Document Type: Article

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