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Fluorescent proteins: a cell biologist's user guide
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Fluorescent Proteins (FPs) have revolutionized cell biology. The value of labeling and visualizing proteins in living cells is evident from thousands of publications since the cloning of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). Biologists have been flooded with a cornucopia of FPs; however, the FP toolbox has not necessarily been optimized for cell biologists. Common FP plasmids are suboptimal for FP-fusion protein construction. More problematic are commercial and investigator-constructed FP-fusion proteins that disrupt important cellular targeting information. Even when cell biologists correctly construct FP-fusion proteins, it is rarely self-evident which FP should be used. Important FP information, such as oligomer formation or photostability, is often unsearchable or anecdotal. This brief guide is offered to assist in correctly exploiting FPs in cells.
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- Authors
- Snapp, E. L.
- Venue
- Trends in Cell Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 649-655
- ISSN
- 0962-8924 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2007264976
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 0.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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