Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment

• David F. Gruber ,

  * E-mail: David.Gruber@baruch.cuny.edu

  Affiliations Baruch College, Department of Natural Sciences, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, The Graduate Center, Program in Biology, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,Central Park W at 79th St, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jean P. Gaffney,

  Affiliation Baruch College, Department of Natural Sciences, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Shaadi Mehr,

  Affiliations State University of New York, Biological Science Department, College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America, American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,Central Park W at 79th St, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Rob DeSalle,

  Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,Central Park W at 79th St, New York, New York, United States of America

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• John S. Sparks,

  Affiliations American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,Central Park W at 79th St, New York, New York, United States of America, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jelena Platisa,

  Affiliation The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Vincent A. Pieribone

  Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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