News tagged with fluorescent proteins
Fluorescent proteins illuminating biomedical research
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Jan 25, 2009 |
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Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research. Scientists at the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have ...
Biomedical research profits from the exploration of the deep sea
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Nov 19, 2008 |
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A study published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE highlights how the exploration of the ocean depths can benefit humankind. This is the story of a voyage of discovery, starting with marine animals that glow, the identi ...
Modified proteins add colour to research
Jul 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The subtleties between shades of celery or wasabi green sounds like a debate for an interior designer, but University of Alberta PhD student Huiwang Ai has been exploring those differences ...
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Scientists develop fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging, biosensor design
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center have developed new “fluorogen activating proteins” (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created ...
Fluorescent organic nanoparticles help illuminate cellular proteins
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Mar 07, 2008 |
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Like a smart highlighter, immunofluorescent labeling can zero in on a specific protein, helping scientists understand the structure of a cell and how diseases affect that structure. Current techniques have disadvantages, ...
In vivo visualization of alternative splicing
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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The February 1 cover of G&D features an unprecedented use of fluorescent proteins to visualize developmentally regulated alternative mRNA splicing in a living organism.
Expression of infrared fluorescence engineered in mammals
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego - led by 2008 Nobel-Prize winner Roger Tsien, PhD - have shown that bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent ...
New technology illuminates protein interactions in living cells
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Nov 09, 2007 |
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While fluorescence has long been used to tag biological molecules, a new technology developed at Yale allows researchers to use tiny fluorescent probes to rapidly detect and identify protein interactions within ...
New protein tag enhances view within living cells
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Feb 22, 2008 |
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The view into the inner world of living cells just got a little brighter and more colorful. A powerful new research tool, when used with other labeling technologies, allows simultaneous visualization of two or more different ...
MIT probe may help untangle cells' signaling pathways
Jun 27, 2008 |
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MIT researchers have designed a new type of probe that can image thousands of interactions between proteins inside a living cell, giving them a tool to untangle the web of signaling pathways that control most of a cell's ...
Structural basis for photoswitching in fluorescent proteins brought into focus
Apr 10, 2007 |
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University of Oregon scientists have identified molecular features that determine the light-emitting ability green fluorescent proteins, and by strategically inserting a single oxygen atom they were able ...
A guide to the invisible: Doubling the fluorescence microscopy resolution (w/Video)
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet as human capacity ...
FSU researchers make observing cell functions easier
May 08, 2008 |
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Now that the genome (DNA) of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the “worker ...
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