Fluorescent proteins at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-160

  Kremers, Gert Jan ^a,c   Gilbert, Sarah G ^b   Cranfill, Paula J ^b   Davidson, Michael W ^b   Piston, David W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251559982     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.072744     Document Type: Review

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