Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs
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Blog Post
...investigators realize too late that they have missed the impact of dark, non-fluorescent, and misfolded FP-fusions...quantitative imaging experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1).
When behaving properly, ... the function of resident ER chaperones and may impact cellular function or possibly viability. FP misfolding.... It remains unclear whether the FP misfolding impacts fusion protein function and this could lead to ...