Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs
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...Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC1222268.
7. Aronson, Deborah E., Lindsey M. Costantini, and Erik L. Snapp. "Superfolder...the cytoplasm. That is, unfortunately, some investigators realize too late that they have missed the impact...behaving properly, FPs enable researchers to investigate the localization and dynamics of fluorescent ...environment where it will localize [4]. Most investigators are surprised to learn that FPs are often poorly...overestimation of fusion protein activity. We encourage investigators to characterize FP-fusion proteins functionally...