Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
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...their experimental needs, and some of the common applications in the lab.
Why Green Fluorescent Protein?...Re-engineering GFP to increase its range of color and application
Almost as soon as its sequence was elucidated...the mutation definitions found in Table 2 may not apply.
Table 1: The specific mutations comprising common...others)
Neutral mutations
A multitude of applications
Due to its size and ease of use, GFP and other...change. Typically, two fluorescent proteins with overlapping excitation/emission spectra are used; one fused... just scratched the surface of the potential applications for GFP. It has also been used to identify particular...