Isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria in 1962, green fluorescent protein, or GFP, has since become a standard tool for observing the various goings-on of cells.

A green fluorescent protein makes fruit fly sperm glow green. (Image credit: Catherine Fernandez and Jerry Coyne.) GFP remains special, however, because it spontaneously folds into the right shape ...

Proteins of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family are well known owing to their unique biochemistry and extensive use as in vivo markers. We discovered that GFPs of diverse origins can act as ...

The green fluorescent protein was originally used to discover whether genes were present at all. Then Tulle Hazelrigg , a professor at Columbia, modified genes in fruit flies so that the proteins ...

By activating multiple fluorescent proteins in neurons, neuroscientists are imaging the brain and nervous system as never before, rendering their cells in a riotous spray of colors dubbed a ...

New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein Date: January 27, 2015 Source: Arizona State University Summary: A primary challenge in the biosciences is to understand the way ...

This produces the protein without the requirement of growing or feeding cells. In this study, the scientists used green fluorescent protein, a naturally occurring protein derived from the ...

Poeschla and colleagues used a modified virus to transfer the green fluorescent protein gene into cat egg cells. The green marker allowed them to visualize their real target: a monkey-derived protein ...