Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m.
...set as 1. Some proteins are very dim (e.g. TagRFP657, which has a brightness of 0.1) and this should be ...Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light. The emitted light is at a longer ...protein
Excitation & Emission (ex/em):
Each FP has its unique ex/em peak. Therefore, choose FPs that...detect the emission. For example, if your microscope has only two lasers, at 488nm and 561nm, you will not...pHTomato (pH sensors), HyPer (H2O2 sensor), ArcLight (voltage sensor), and iGluSnFr (glutamate sensor). More ...can fold in <10min at 37°C, mCherry takes ~15min, TagRFP ~100min and DsRed ~10hours.
Temperature: FPs maturation...