Green Fluorescent Protein
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<applet load='1ema' size='300' frame='true' align='right' caption='1ema' script='Green_Fluorescent_Protein/1ema_highlightchromophore/2'/> | <applet load='1ema' size='300' frame='true' align='right' caption='1ema' script='Green_Fluorescent_Protein/1ema_highlightchromophore/2'/> | ||
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| + | Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien shared [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/ the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] for their for the discovery and development of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Fluorescent_Protein green fluorescent protein], GFP.<br> | ||
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You can take a close look at the <scene name='Green_Fluorescent_Protein/1ema_highlightchromophore/2'>chromophore </scene>of GFP in the PDB entry [[1ema]]. | You can take a close look at the <scene name='Green_Fluorescent_Protein/1ema_highlightchromophore/2'>chromophore </scene>of GFP in the PDB entry [[1ema]]. | ||
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Background
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.
Structure
You can take a close look at the of GFP in the PDB entry 1ema.
The chromophore
Additional information on green fluorescent protein
- Roger Y. Tsien (1998) The Green Fluorescent Protein. Annual Review of Biochemistry 67, 509-544.
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