Green Fluorescent Proteins Work Better with Vibrations

The discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP), a 238-amino-acid structure that is able to emit fluorescent light when blue light is applied on it, has won scientists Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, and Roger Y. Tsien the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Since then, numer... [ read more >> ]

A diagram of the GFP protein

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Image credits: Renee Frontiera & Chong Fang / UC Berkeley

A diagram of the GFP protein