. "A novel gene for advanced red-shifted protein with an emission maximum at 593 nm was cloned from Discosoma coral. The protein, named dsFP593, is highly homologous to the recently described GFP-like protein drFP583 with an emission maximum at 583 nm. Using the remarkable similarity of the drFP583 and dsFP593 genes, we performed a 'shuffling' procedure to generate a pool of mutants consisting of various combinations of parts of both genes. One 'hybrid gene' was chosen for subsequent random mutagenesis, which resulted in a mutant variant with a uniquely red-shifted emission maximum at 616 nm." . . . "FEBS Lett." . "Lukyanov S.A." . "Chen Y." . "Matz M.V." . "Ding L." . "Fradkov A.F." . "Barsova E.V." . "2000"^^ . "127-130" . "Novel fluorescent protein from Discosoma coral and its mutants possesses a unique far-red fluorescence." . "479" . "doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01895-0" . . .