Tryptophan-based chromophore in fluorescent proteins can be anionic

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sarkisyan, Karen S ^a,c   Yampolsky, Ilia V ^a   Solntsev, Kyril M ^b   Lukyanov, Sergey A ^a,c   Lukyanov, Konstantin A ^a   Mishin, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRIVOLZHSKY RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84866101957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00608     Document Type: Article

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