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Hoesl, M.G., Merkel, L., Budisa, N. (2011). Synthetic Biology of Autofluorescent Proteins. In: Jung, G. (eds) Fluorescent Proteins I. Springer Series on Fluorescence, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/4243_2011_23
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