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Table 3 Summary of optical and biochemical properties of a representative GFP from each amphioxus GFPs clade.

From: Amphioxus encodes the largest known family of green fluorescent proteins, which have diversified into distinct functional classes

 

Amphioxus GFP clade

 

a

b

c

d

e

F

Representative GFP

GFPa1

n.d.

GFPc1

GFPd2

GFPe1

GFPf1

Characteristic

      

   Fluorescence

Strong

n.d.

Weak

Weak

Weak

None

   Absorbance

High

n.d.

High

Moderate-high

High

Low

   Antioxidant

No

n.d.

No

Yes

Yes

n.d.

  1. Abbrev.: n.d.: not determined
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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