Mapping GFP structure evolution during proton transfer with femtosecond Raman spectroscopy

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7270, 2009, Pages 200-204

  Fang, Chong ^a   Frontiera, Renee R ^a   Tran, Rosalie ^a   Mathies, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; JELLYFISH; MAPPING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; PROTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70449687165     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08527     Document Type: Article

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