Autofluorescent Proteins with Excitation in the Optical Window for Intravital Imaging in Mammals

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1169-1179

  Lin, Michael Z ^a   McKeown, Michael R ^a   Ng, Ho Leung ^b   Aguilera, Todd A ^a   Shaner, Nathan C ^a   Campbell, Robert E ^a   Adams, Stephen R ^a   Gross, Larry A ^a   Ma, Wendy ^b   Alber, Tom ^b   Tsien, Roger Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; CHEMBIO

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEPTUNE PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN BONDING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 72049085243     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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