Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
...binding. Suzuki et al. also envision eNLs as good reporter genes for endogenous protein fusions created using...Renilla luciferase variant fused to an FP; when supplied with a luciferase substrate, the luciferase transfers...Nano-lantern, a fusion of a mutagenized Renilla luciferase (RLuc8) with Venus. This luminescent technology is...Instead, a luciferase substrate like coelenterazine is supplied in the culture medium to allow RLuc8 to produce...constructs use the brightest characterized luciferase, NanoLuc, and its substrate furimazine. In addition...problems of low luminescence
By itself, Renilla luciferase has a low quantum yield, and when transiently...transfer (BRET). Photons emitted by a Renilla luciferase variant are used to excite the fused fluorescent...