Mechanistic insights into reversible photoactivation in proteins of the GFP family

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2521-2531

  Gayda, Susan ^a   Nienhaus, Karin ^a   Nienhaus, G Ulrich ^a,b,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PH; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

COLOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871269718     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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