Red fluorescent proteins: Chromophore formation and cellular applications

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 679-688

  Miyawaki, Atsushi ^a,b   Shcherbakova, Daria M ^c   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KAEDE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOPHORE; CORAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CELLS; COLOR; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84867746272     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.09.002     Document Type: Review

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