Nec Soft, Ltd.

National Institute of Agrobiochemical Science

Frederick I Tsuji

Hiromi Takenaka

Yasuhiro Takenaka

Kenji Takase

Mitsuru Momma

Zui Fujimoto

Toshiyuki Wako

Noboru Nakura

The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein the wavelength of the maximum of the fluorescence of which exists in a wavelength side longer than 510 nm, and which exhibits yellow fluorescence or yellowish green fluorescence and can be expressed in a heterogeneous cell, and a gene encoding the same, wherein the fluorescent protein has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and it is a fluorescent protein derived from a copepod taxonomically classified to

Fluorescent protein and gene encoding the same

The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein the wavelength of the maximum of the fluorescence of which exists in a wavelength side longer than 510 nm, and which exhibits yellow fluorescence or yellowish green fluorescence and can be expressed in a heterogeneous cell, and a gene encoding the same, wherein the fluorescent protein has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:and it is a fluorescent protein derived from a copepod taxonomically classified to

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Frederick I Tsuji