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Photoactivatable Green Fluorescent Protein : A Valuable Tool for Selective Photo-labelling of Proteins and Cells

✍ Scribed by Robert Stad


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2007
Weight
317 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1439-4243

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✦ Synopsis


Fluorescent proteins are indispensable tools in the study of protein localisation in living cells. To study protein dynamics, however, it is necessary to selectively mark a sub-population of protein molecules. This is possible using Photoactivatable Green Fluorescent Protein (PA-GFP). In this article, the evolution and characteristics of PA-GFP are described together with the hardware and software solutions that allow researchers to easily perform PA-GFP experiments.