Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
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... from the default GFP (green) to RFP, CFP, or YFP fluorescence. In Brainbow 2.1, GFP is tagged with a ...to excise the non-fluorescent YFP and activate fluorescence of the downstream OFP, GFP, or RFP. Cells that...default, they are not fluorescent. Instead, they incorporate a truncated, non-fluorescent form of YFP as the...combination of all of the fluorescent proteins from the injected construct. The fluorescent protein expressed ...upstream of the fluorescent protein genes, Cre recombination is required before fluorescence can occur. Cre...Visit our fluorescent proteins topic page
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