Fluorescent protein tracking and detection: Fluorescent protein structure and color variants

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rizzo, Mark A ^a   Davidson, Michael W ^a   Piston, David W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; ENHANCED CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENHANCED YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOMER; ORANGE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; JELLYFISH; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOSWITCHING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 72149128171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top63     Document Type: Article

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