Fluorescence of marine organisms has fascinated researchers since the early twentieth century. The successful application of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria in 1994 as genetically encoded marker resulted in a massive increase in interest for naturally fluorescent proteins. Methods are now established that allow the fast isolation of new genes encoding GFP-like proteins from marine creatures, resulting in an impressive array of glowing proteins with
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Host pigments of hermatypic corals as indicators of environmental stress in reef communities
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NERC
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Bibliographic Information
Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Fluorescent Proteins II (2012)
ISBN: 978-3-642-23377-7