Primary events of photodynamics in reversible photoswitching fluorescent protein dronpa

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3328-3333

  Li, Xin ^a   Chung, Lung Wa ^a   Mizuno, Hideaki ^c   Miyawaki, Atsushi ^c   Morokuma, Keiji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biophysical Chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; C-C BONDS; CAS-SCF; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLINONE RING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NON-ADIABATIC; PHOTOSWITCHING; PROTONATION STATE; RADIATIONLESS DECAY; WILD TYPES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; ROTATION;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 78649912612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101419p     Document Type: Article

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