Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
... of fluorescently-labeled components
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (for cells); fluorescent HPLC...and fluorescent reporters being especially popular. We’ll give you an introduction to fluorescent biosensors...calcium and zinc. Some biosensors contain a single fluorescent protein fused to a domain that senses the concentration...When calcium is absent, the construct does not fluoresce; when present, calcium induces CaM/RS20 interaction...s structural organization and activating the fluorescent signal. Blue flame GECO biosensors from Robert...s lab display calcium-dependent increases in fluorescence of up to 11,000-fold.
FRET biosensors are another...sensors created by Roger Tsien’s lab contain two fluorescent proteins (a FRET pair) separated by CaM and M13...