Effect of the Enhanced Cyan Fluorescent Protein framework on the UV/visible absorption spectra of some chromophores

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Laurent, Adèle D ^a   Assfeld, Xavier ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

fluorescent proteins; mutations; PCM; QM MM; UV visible absorption spectra

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77956633664     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-010-0084-z     Document Type: Article

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