Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins
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...discovered such as Kaede and PS-CFP2 (see Table 1).
Table 1: Properties of Selected Irreversible Photoactivatable...) by mutating Threonine 203 to Histidine (T203H) (1). wtGFP normally contains a mixed population of neutral...in fluorescence when illuminated with blue light (1).
Similar to PA-GFP, scientists later developed red...fixation conditions to preserve cellular structures (0.5-1% osmium tetroxide). These conditions destroy most ...with extraordinary molecular detail.
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1.Patterson, George H., and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz...is believing." Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 10 (2008): 1-38. PubMed PMID:18647110.
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