Development and applications of enhanced green fluorescent protein mutants

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Stauber, RH [1 ]
Horie, K [1 ]
Carney, P [1 ]
Hudson, EA [1 ]
Tarasova, NI [1 ]
Gaitanaris, GA [1 ]
Pavlakis, GN [1 ]
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[1] NCI, ABL Basic Res Program, FCRDC, Frederick, MD 21702 USA
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10.2144/98243rr01
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The introduction of several mutations resulted in the generation of improved mutants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP). A strong green (GFPsg25) and blue (BFPsg50) Florescent protein, gave 50-fold-100-fold brighter fluorescence compared to wild-type GFP and BFP (Tyr66His), respectively, upon expression in mammalian cells. GFPsg25 and BFPsg50 have different excitation and emission maxima. This allows their use as an efficient dual-color tagging system and their independent detection in living cells.
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