Far-red light photoactivatable near-infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from a bacterial phytochrome

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Piatkevich, Kiryl D ^a   Subach, Fedor V ^a   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILIVERDIN; PHOTOACTIVATABLE NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 1; PHOTOACTIVATABLE NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 2; PHYTOCHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTICAL METHOD; PROBE; PROTEIN; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FAR RED LIGHT; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILIVERDINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84880296970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3153     Document Type: Article

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