Article
Diversity and evolution of coral fluorescent proteins.
PloS one - 16 Jul 2008
Alieva Naila O, Konzen Karen A, Field Steven F, Meleshkevitch Ella A, Hunt Marguerite E, Beltran-Ramirez Victor, Miller David J, Wiedenmann Jörg, Salih Anya, Matz Mikhail V
Abstract excerpt
GFP-like fluorescent proteins (FPs) are the key color determinants in reef-building corals (class Anthozoa, order Scleractinia) and are of considerable interest as potential genetically encoded fluorescent labels. Here we report 40 additional members of the GFP family from corals. There are three major paralogous lineages of coral FPs. One of them is retained in all sampled coral families and is responsible for...
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