Azatryptophans endow proteins with intrinsic blue fluorescence.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 14, 2008

Authors

Sandra Lepthien1, Michael G Hoesl, Lars Merkel, Nediljko Budisa

Author Affiliations

1: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biotechnology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.

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