Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
...Nano-lanterns contain a Renilla luciferase variant fused to an FP; when supplied with a luciferase substrate...applications, including optogenetics, biosensors, and fusion proteins.
Solving the problems of low luminescence...Saito et al. described the first Nano-lantern, a fusion of a mutagenized Renilla luciferase (RLuc8) with...Renilla luciferase variant are used to excite the fused fluorescent protein. This technique is very similar...compartments over several minutes using Nano-lantern fusion proteins. To further improve long-term imaging,... as good reporter genes for endogenous protein fusions created using CRISPR/Cas9. eNLs offer high luminescent...