Abstract

GARRITZ, Andoni. Shimomura, Chalfie y Tsien: los señores de la proteína verde bioluminiscente de la medusa Aequorea victoria. Educ. quím [online]. 2009, vol.20, n.1, pp.88-89. ISSN 0187-893X.

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors three scientists for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP). This protein and mutated versions of it have become powerful tools for tagging and observing other proteins in cells. Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien will equally share the $1.4 million prize.

Keywords : 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; green fluorescent protein; Shimomura, Chalfie, and Tsien.