Photoswitchable fluorescent proteins: Ten years of colorful chemistry and exciting applications

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 682-690

  Zhou, Xin X ^a   Lin, Michael Z ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOTOSWITCHABLE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

COLOR; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84881239340     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.05.031     Document Type: Review

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