Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster
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Blog Post
...of neuronal sub-cellular structures
GFP is limited in its ability to label subcellular structures in the...reliable primary antibodies for their detection, particularly when antibodies to the POI are non-specific,...discussed above, weakly expressed proteins in particular are difficult to track with these classic probes...researchers in Loren Looger’s lab have developed new molecular tags combining the advantages of both (Viswanathan...used to amplify the direct smFP signal within sub-cellular structures. For instance, smFPs have been used... the stratum oriens and the stratum lacunosum moleculare were better resolved with smFP_FLAG than GFP....ability to distinguish weakly expressed and/or similar proteins
Through their multiple, highly specific...