GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN - APPLICATIONS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Authors
GERDES HH KAETHER C
Citation
Hh. Gerdes et C. Kaether, GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN - APPLICATIONS IN CELL BIOLOGY, FEBS letters, 389(1), 1996, pp. 44-47
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
389
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
44 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1996)389:1<44:GFP-AI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria is a unique i n vivo reporter for monitoring dynamic processes in cells or organisms , As a fusion tag GFP can be used to localize proteins, to follow thei r movement or to study the dynamics of the subcellular compartments to which these proteins are targeted. Recent studies where GFP technolog y has revealed new insights regarding physiological activities of livi ng cells are discussed.