Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns
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...Nano-lanterns contain a Renilla luciferase variant fused to an FP; when supplied with a luciferase substrate, the...Fluorescent imaging techniques have become indispensable tools for molecular and cell biologists over the...the luciferase transfers energy to the FP, resulting in a fluorescent signal. Since their first publication... problems of low luminescence
By itself, Renilla luciferase has a low quantum yield, and when transiently...first Nano-lantern, a fusion of a mutagenized Renilla luciferase (RLuc8) with Venus. This luminescent technology...energy transfer (BRET). Photons emitted by a Renilla luciferase variant are used to excite the fused fluorescent...need for an excitation light source. Instead, a luciferase substrate like coelenterazine is supplied in ...