FlipGFP, a novel fluorescence protease reporter to study apoptosis
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Blog Post
...scientists need a protease reporter that has a large dynamic range and high brightness.
The Shu Lab from UCSF...fluorescence range to better study the spatio-temporal dynamics of apoptosis in living animals. To do this they... by flipping a single β-strand of GFP, hence the name FlipGFP. FlipGFP increases fluorescence 100-fold...Shu Lab used FlipGFP to track the spatiotemporal dynamics of apoptosis during embryo development. GFP fluorescence... a novel fluorogenic reporter that has a large dynamic range and high brightness. This reporter achieves...scientists to observe both the spatial and temporal dynamics of apoptosis both in vitro and in living organisms...