Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
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There are numerous GFP variants. Here I use the name ‘GFP’, which refers to mEGFP. This variant was made...2013; Hilaire et al., 2017).
GFP can only be used for tagging proteins
GFP fusion proteins are made by ...S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness...Microscopy (University of Amsterdam).
GFP is the most popular, most widely used genetically encoded fluorescent...examined on a case-by-case basis.
GFP is sensitive to acid
The chromophore of GFP can exist in a protonated and...its acid tolerance is maintained in cells.
GFP is big
GFP is a 28 kDa protein that resembles a cylinder... a fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013).
GFP fluorescence overlaps...