Exploring color tuning strategies in red fluorescent proteins

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 200-212

  Hense, Anika ^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

ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR;

PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84922612326     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00212a     Document Type: Review

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