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Green fluorescent protein: applications in cell biology
Author(s) -
Gerdes Hans-Hermann,
Kaether Christoph
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00586-8
Subject(s) - green fluorescent protein , aequorea victoria , protein subcellular localization prediction , microbiology and biotechnology , fusion protein , fluorescent protein , biology , fluorescence , biochemistry , gene , physics , quantum mechanics , recombinant dna
The green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria is a unique in vivo reporter for monitoring dynamic processes in cells or organisms. As a fusion tag GFP can be used to localize proteins, to follow their movement or to study the dynamics of the subcellular compartments to which these proteins are targeted. Recent studies where GFP technology has revealed new insights regarding physiological activities of living cells are discussed.