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Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 324-328.

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Three landmarks during the research of the green fluorescent protein (GFP): a brief introduction to the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

CUI Zhi-fang①,ZOU Yu-hong②,JI Ai-yun③   

  1. ①Associate professor，②Prelector，③Graduate Student，College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510
  • Received:2008-11-14 Revised:2008-11-14 Online:2008-12-23 Published:2009-02-23

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Abstract: American scientists Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien are jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry on 8 October, 2008 for their extraordinary discovery and reconstruction of the green fluorescent protein (GFP). The research history and the application field of GFP were discussed in the paper.

Key words: Nobel Prize in chemistry, the green fluorescent protein (GFP), gene reporter