Before leaving Princeton, I elucidated the chromophore of GFP (Shimomura, 1979).    From Wordnik.com.  [Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography] Reference

In transient optical experiments the absorbed photon raises the vibrational temperature of the chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carl Zimmer in National Geographic on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

In 1972, back at Princeton, we succeeded in determining the structure of AF350, a part of the aequorin chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography] Reference

And in tomorrow's world, rewards came to those who successfully fashioned a new lip sparkle, eye filter, or follicular chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flinx's Folly]

The similarity of action spectra for thymine dimers in human epidermis and erythema suggests that DNA is the chromophore for erythema.    From Wordnik.com.  [Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic] Reference

Our first paper on Cypridina luciferin was published in 1957, although the chromophore structure of luciferin remained to be elucidated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography] Reference

When a light quantum is taken up by the visual pigment the chromophore changes its form: there is an isomerization from II-cis to all-trans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967 - Presentation Speech] Reference

In this case, the spectral shift is produced by a photo-induced modification involving a break in the peptide backbone adjacent to the chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

It was generally assumed that formation of its chromophore would require enzymes specific to A. victoria, but there was one GFP believer named Martin Chalfie who had a different view.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 - Presentation Speech] Reference

If the disappearance of the jellyfish had occurred 20 years earlier, we wouldn't have been able to learn the mechanism of the aequorin bioluminescence reaction, as well as the chromophore of GFP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography] Reference

They fluoresce throughout the whole visible spectrum, have enhanced photostability and brightness as well as greatly reduced time for their chromophore to mature into its fluorescent state after protein folding.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Malawian cichlids utilize primarily A1 chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

More particularly, the silane - or siloxane-based chromophore is.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

Similarly, we have neglected any effects of chromophore switching from A1 to A2.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

The photons travel and stimulate other chromophore molecules to emit additional light.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Structure-activity relationships for chromophore modification and phenyl ring substitution.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

This opsin-chromophore interaction determines the peak spectral sensitivity of each visual pigment.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

MarViRed is a far red fluorescing proteinogenic label consisting of a viral protein and a chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

Like a lightbulb in a lamp, GFP's chromophore (green) sits inside the protein's soda-can structure (purple).    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

It is more typical for the chromophore to be an A1/A2 mixture, which would decrease the size of these shifts.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

The central panels present intensity images of the acceptor chromophore mRFP obtained with a mercury (Hg) lamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

N-methyl-2-phenylindole with the MDA at 45°C to yield a stable chromophore with a maximal absorbance at 586 nm.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

That energy is passed to a different nearby chromophore, which uses the energy to emit light of a different wavelength.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference

The top panels present intensity images of the donor GFP chromophore in the transfected cells after two-photon excitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Galperin E, Verkhusha VV, Sorkin A (2004) Three-chromophore FRET microscopy to analyze multiprotein interactions in living cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The real-time fluorescence detection is able to reveal the spectral dynamics and energy transfer of the chromophore-protein complexes.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Further studies are needed to quantify chromophore usage in wild-caught fish, as this could be important for actual visual sensitivities.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Collamer is composed of a poly-HEMA based copolymer, a small amount of collagen and a UV-absorbing chromophore (light absorbing chemical).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

First, "you excite a molecule or a chromophore" - a dye or other substance that emits light - using electricity or another source of light.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Other researchers had to synthesize chromophore molecules that would respond to the red, green, and orange light "bands" in the visible spectrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia News - Global] Reference

This structure reveals how unusual interdomain interactions, including a knot and an "arm" structure near the chromophore site, bring together the PAS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue] Reference

Within the retina, spectral sensitivity is determined by visual pigments, which are composed of an opsin protein bound to a light-sensitive chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Babcock DF (1983) Examination of the intracellular ionic environment and of ionophore action by null point measurements employing the fluorescein chromophore.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

In cryb mutants CRY cannot bind its chromophore flavin, cryOUT mutants are devoid of CRY, and tim-gal4; uas-cry flies have CRY overexpressed in all clock neurons.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

(or product) does not have a chromophore or fluorophore, or there is no known assay.    From Wordnik.com.  [GEN News Highlights] Reference

UV is sensitive to low concentrations but requires a calibration curve and a chromophore. (for example.    From Wordnik.com.  [Useful Chemistry] Reference

"The energy released passes to a different type of chromophore nearby that absorbs the energy and then emits light of a different wavelength.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference