Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
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Blog Post
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Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
..., S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness...discussed below.
There are numerous GFP variants. Here I use the name ‘GFP’, which refers to mEGFP. This variant...examined on a case-by-case basis.
GFP is sensitive to acid
The chromophore of GFP can exist in a protonated and...its acid tolerance is maintained in cells.
GFP is big
GFP is a 28 kDa protein that resembles a cylinder...2013; Hilaire et al., 2017).
GFP can only be used for tagging proteins
GFP fusion proteins are made by ... a fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013).
GFP fluorescence overlaps...overlaps with autofluorescence
The cyan light that is used to excite GFP, may also excite several components...