Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency
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... quantified for individual cells, and the number of 'normal' looking cells can be counted. This assay ...living cells. Strikingly, the OSER assay reveals that tagRFP does not act as a true monomer in cells (Constantini...homodimerize in cells. To understand how well fluorescent proteins approach this ideal situation, cellular assays...tolerated in some applications (e.g. labeling of cells or tracking promotor activity), but it is problematic...fluorescent proteins interact or oligomerize in cells? This question is largely unanswered. Ideally, fluorescent...proteins could properly form microtubule networks in cells. Other efforts tested whether FP fusions to connexin...present in EGFP.
Constantini et al, (2012) developed a cell-based assay that does a better job of detecting ...