An enhanced monomeric blue fluorescent protein with the high chemical stability of the chromophore

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Subach, Oksana M ^a   Cranfill, Paula J ^b   Davidson, Michael W ^b   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORE TRIPEPTIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOMERIC BLUE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN TAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN STABILITY;

CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 82955188782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028674     Document Type: Article

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