Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
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Blog Post
Published
Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
...expected to grow with the ever-expanding genetic toolbox generated by the continuous effort of numerous scientists...).
GFP is the most popular, most widely used genetically encoded fluorescent probe. Several factors contribute...probe, it is the first choice when selecting a genetically encoded fluorescent tag. There are, however, ...1998). Another mutation (A206K) is necessary to generate the strictly monomeric EGFP variant, mEGFP (Zacharias..., followed by an intramolecular reaction that generates the chromophore (Tsien, 1998). Importantly, this...Thorn, 2017). These fluorescent analogues are generally added to the bathing solution and require uptake...adding GFP may alter diffusion rates.
Smaller genetically encoded probes are based on cofactor binding ...