When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells
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... by guest blogger Erik L. Snapp.
Stop using EGFP/GFP for fusion proteins! Despite multiple studies in ...articles, many researchers remain unaware that EGFP/GFP is prone to forming noncovalent dimers. This property...fluorescent protein or Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP/EGFP) for a transcriptional reporter or as a general...However, if you fuse your protein of interest (POI) to GFP to study the protein's behavior in cells, in solution...tag with a serious drawback. The standard EGFP plasmid that used to be sold by Clontech and is in a freezer...the world, is not inert. In all seriousness, EGFP/GFP has a real nontrivial propensity to noncovalently...