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TypeBlog Post...inactivate the fluorophores in the sample, either by chemical treatment or photobleaching or by stripping...and that each secondary has a different color fluorophore that you can image separately on your microscope...labeling sequentially with one, inactivating the fluorophores, then labeling with the other, you can still...using primary antibodies that are conjugated to fluorophores. However, the primary-secondary workflow (a....fluorescently-conjugated streptavidin to get more fluorophores per antibody, or conjugate with an enzymatic...
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In Living Color: The Skinny on In Vivo Imaging Tools
TypeBlog Post...last year, Verkhusha added two far-red light photoactivatable (PA) near-infrared fluorescent proteins (FPs...fluorescent proteins, iRFP670 and iRFP720, as photoacoustic contrast agents for two-color imaging in animals...genetically-encoded probes by making them brighter, more photostable, smaller, and less toxic to cells. They’d like...751-4. doi:10.1038/nmeth.2521) Far-red light photoactivatable near-infrared fluorescent proteins engineered...: 10.1038/ncomms3153. PubMed) Multicontrast photoacoustic in vivo imaging using near-infrared fluorescent... -
Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It
TypeBlog Post...for up to 60% of the cell culture contamination (Uphoff, 2002). Mycoplasmas are considered to be one of...from lowered pH due to microbial contamination. Photo by Kaustubh Kishor Jadhav. Mycoplasmas can remain...for at least two or three days before sampling (Uphoff and Drexler, 2011). Culturing on agar plates/broth...works in the tissue culture hood while wearing PPE. Photo by Kate Harten DeMaio. Cell lines and reagents... of mycoplasma species. J Microbiol .44: 42–49 Uphoff Cc, Drexler Hg (2002) Comparative Antibiotic Eradication...10.1290/1071-2690(2002)038<0086:caeomi>2.0.co;2 Uphoff CC, Drexler HG (2011) Detecting Mycoplasma Contamination... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021
TypeBlog Post...SL-insensitive fluorophore (LSSmOrange) as an internal control and a SL-sensitive fluorophore (circularly...three-dimensional cultures that mimic aspects of organ morphology and physiology in vitro and have emerged as a...investigating genetic mechanisms related to morphogenesis, cell fate specification, and human disease....relies on the fluorescence ratio between the 2 fluorophores, rather than on the fluorescence intensity, ... -
SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging
TypeBlog Post...signal-to-noise ratio Less chance of phototoxicity Reduced photobleaching Simplified, long-term single-molecule...enough signal. This workaround risks cellular phototoxicity and eliminates the possibility of long-term ...a higher signal-to-noise ratio with a lower photobleaching rate. Given the power of SunTag, they attempted...Protein Oligomerization Learn about Small Molecule Fluorphores Resources on Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative
TypeBlog Post...contributed by Leah Schwiesow Calcineurin is a protein phosphatase that responds to rising intracellular calcium... of Ca2+ are high in the cell, calcineurin dephosphorylates the protein CZI, which in turn binds to calcineurin-dependent... intercalating fluorescent dyes which can cause photo-induced DNA breakage and structural deformation,...reversible and do not cause structural deformation or photo-induced damage. These fusions can also function ... -
Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools
TypeBlog Post...migration of a cancer cell line equipped with photodissociable EB1 could be stopped in areas with blue light...manipulating and studying cellular dynamics. The photoinducible control of protein function is more specific...signal. Prior to the development of these probes, fluorophore binding aptamers and MS2-binding fluorescent ...contain a smaller RNA tag, are less prone to photobleaching, and achieve better signal in vivo as compared...aptamers or MS2 tags using the same number of fluorophores. You can find plasmids containing the cobalamin... -
Bright Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi
TypeBlog Post...fluorescent protein joins mTFP1 and mWasabi, as fluorophores from Allele Biotechnology that now can be deposited...brightest teal fluorescent proteins that were photostable and had a high 480/530 nm emission ratio. They...mWasabi is 1.6-fold brighter than EGFP and is photostable. It also has narrow excitation and emission peaks...useful in multicolor labeling particularly with fluorophores that excite in the violet range. For example...Directed evolution of a monomeric, bright and photostable version of Clavularia cyan fluorescent protein... -
Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...sfCherry2 sfCherry2(1-10) and sfCherry2(11), also photo-activatable variant PAsfCherry2(1-10) Improved split...iRFP713. Requires presence of heme oxygenase for chromophore formation (abundant in eukaryotes) A Near-Infrared...domain. Requires presence of heme oxygenase for chromophore formation (abundant in eukaryotes) Bright monomeric...typically irreversible and requires some time for chromophore maturation, splitFAST displays rapid and reversible...flexibility in color labeling with exogenous fluorophores, which can even be bright enough for single-... -
Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025
TypeBlog Post... molecules, which are much brighter and more photostable than fluorescent proteins, making them ideal ...versions. ASAP5 can be imaged using one- or two-photon microscopy to detect action potentials and subthreshold...fluctuations in awake behaving mice through two-photon microscopy at depths up to 600 µm. Figure...recognizes the disease-associated version of Tau (phospho-Tau). We hope these will become valuable tools ...