Ground-state proton transfer in the photoswitching reactions of the fluorescent protein Dronpa

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Warren, Mark M ^a   Kaucikas, Marius ^a   Fitzpatrick, Ann ^a   Champion, Paul ^b   Timothy Sage, J ^b   Van Thor, Jasper J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT PROTEIN DRONPA; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLUORESCENCE; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROTEIN; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PHOTOSWITCHING; PROTON TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 84874608120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2460     Document Type: Article

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