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Structural characterization of a blue chromoprotein and its yellow mutant from the sea anemone Cnidopus japonicus.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 8 Dec 2006
Chan Mitchell C Y, Karasawa Satoshi, Mizuno Hideaki, Bosanac Ivan, Ho Dona, Privé Gilbert G, Miyawaki Atsushi, Ikura Mitsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its relatives (GFP protein family) have been isolated from marine organisms such as jellyfish and corals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria (stinging aquatic invertebrates). They are intrinsically fluorescent proteins. In search of new members of the family of green fluorescent protein family, we identified a non-fluorescent chromoprotein from the Cnidopus japonicus species of...
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