Spectral and structural comparison between bright and dim green fluorescent proteins in Amphioxus

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bomati, Erin K ^a   Haley, Joy E ^b   Noel, Joseph P ^c   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LANCELETS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84903633729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05469     Document Type: Article

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