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  PDB ID: 1ema

  DOI Citation:
  Ormo, M., Remington, S.J. (1996) Green fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria doi: 10.2210/pdb1ema/pdb

  Literature Citation:
  Ormo, M., Cubitt, A.B., Kallio, K., Gross, L.A., Tsien, R.Y., Remington, S.J. (1996) Crystal structure of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein Science 273: 1392-1395 doi: 10.1126/science.273.5280.1392

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  PDB ID: 1ci0

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  Shi, W., Ostrov, D.A., Gerchman, S.E., Graziano, V., Kycia, H., Studier, B., Almo, S.C., Burley, S.K., New York SGX Research Center for Structural Genomics (NYSGXRC) (1999) PNP Oxidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae doi: 10.2210/pdb1ci0/pdb