Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
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Blog Post
Published
May 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.
...Cell marking/selection: Expression constructs like plasmids often include GFP as a marker to help identify...scientists to begin to study GFP and deduce its biochemical properties. Now GFP and its fluorescent derivatives...employ GFP for a wide number of functions, including: tagging genes for elucidating their expression or localization...biology. Scientists can easily utilize GFP-containing plasmids as a means to many functional ends. We’...taken up the plasmid. This can serve as an alternative to antibiotic selection. Plasmids of this type ...signal. Thus, FACS can be used to separate cells expressing GFP from cells that are not.
Developmental/transgenic...being tested. Find FRET plasmids here.
Split EGFP: An alternative to FRET, split EGFP has also been used to...