Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) was first isolated from the jelly fish, Aequorea victoria. The protein consists of 238 amino acid residues that fluoresce green when exposed to UV light.

More information: Annette Svendsen et al, Origin of the Intrinsic Fluorescence of the Green Fluorescent Protein, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2017). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04987 ...

The very aptly named green fluorescent protein — or GFP as it is almost universally known — is a barrel-shaped protein made up of 238 amino acids. Threaded through the long axis of the β ...

The chromophore of green fluorescent protein. Credit: Anastasia Bochenkova. In a recent publication of the Journal of the American Chemical Society , a team of Russian and Danish researchers reported ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Analytik Jena US. (2020, September 30). In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging with GFP and RFP.

Green fluorescent protein absorbs this blue and re-emits it as a green glow. For years, Aequorin received most of the attention. Seven years after GFP was first identified, ...

Understanding the cell biology of many proteins requires knowledge of their in vivo topological distribution. Here we describe a new fluorescence-based technique, fluorescence protease protection ...

The RNAs developed by the Jaffrey group function like GFP, a natural protein expressed in jellyfish that exhibits a green fluorescence. GFP has enabled scientists to watch how proteins move in ...

Fluorescent peptide nanoparticles, in every color of the rainbow Date: July 8, 2020 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is made by a ...