It has been over 60 years since Osamu Shimomura et al. discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) 1. Since then, the color palette for fluorescent proteins has been extended to span blue through to ...

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The ability of protein kinases to transfer a phosphate group to target proteins plays an important role in many cellular ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and ...

New fluorescent drug lights up nerve tissue under special imaging equipment, giving surgeons a visual edge during procedure.

Despite expansion of the fluorescent protein and optical highlighter palette into the orange to far-red range of the visible spectrum, achieving performance equivalent to that of EGFP has ...

A research group has developed a technology for mass-producing uniform artificial cells (lipid bilayer vesicles) with artificial model nuclei using microfluidic devices with high reproducibility. They ...

Background Chronic inflammation and elevated reactive oxygen species are key contributors to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...

RcaE, a phycocyanobilin (PCB)-binding protein, undergoes a reversible structural conversion, shifting light absorption between red (Pr-state) and green (Pg-state). Using a quantum mechanical/molecular ...

Green tea processing creates a hot acidic environment that facilitates reactions between catechins and hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs), generating new catechins. Accordingly, we developed a one-pot ...