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Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

By Jason Niehaus

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Fluorescent Proteins

Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?

Guest Blogger May 20, 2014

This post was contributed by Gal Haimovich of greenfluorescentblog. Be honest. Do you really know how fluorescent proteins glow? Fluorescent Proteins (FPs) were first discovered over 50 years ago, with the discovery of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), a protein from the ...

Fluorescent Proteins

Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

Marcy Patrick May 15, 2014

Bioluminescence and fluorescence from proteins such as Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) has likely existed in creatures such as jellyfish for millions of years; however, it took until the 1960s for scientists to begin to study GFP and deduce its biochemical properties. Now GFP ...

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