APPLICATIONS OF THE GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN IN CELL BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Authors
MISTELI T SPECTOR DL
Citation
T. Misteli et Dl. Spector, APPLICATIONS OF THE GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN IN CELL BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, Nature biotechnology, 15(10), 1997, pp. 961-964
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Nature biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10870156
Volume
15
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
961 - 964
Database
ISI
SICI code
1087-0156(1997)15:10<961:AOTGFP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The recent emergence of an autofluorescent protein, the green fluoresc ent protein (GFP), has opened the door for the convenient use of intac t living cells and organisms as experimental systems in fields ranging from cell biology to biomedicine. We present an overview of some of t he major applications of GFP, namely its use in protein tagging and in monitoring gene expression as well as its potential in a variety of b iological screens.