Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 14:49
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) in a primitive sea animal, along with new clues about the role of the proteins that has nothing to do with their famous glow.