Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs
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...numerous cell biology assays. However, there has been a pervasive view that most FPs in a cell will fold...fluorescent fusion proteins in cell biology."Current Protocols in Cell Biology (2005): 21-4. Pubmed PMID...Lee. "Fluorescent proteins: a cell biologist's user guide." Trends in cell biology 19.11 (2009): 649-655...Fluorescent proteins in cellular organelles: serious pitfalls and some solutions." DNA and cell biology 32.11 (...-fusions on quantitative imaging experiments and cell physiology in general.
Pitfalls of Fluorescent Protein...quantitative imaging experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1).
When behaving properly, FPs enable...dynamics of fluorescent protein fusions in live cells in real time. Previously, we have described a number...