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Title
- Green Fluorescent Protein
Description
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein in the jellyfish Aequorea Victoria that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light. The protein has 238 amino acids, three of them (Numbers 65 to 67) form a structure that emits visible green fluorescent light. In the jellyfish, GFP interacts with another protein, called aequorin, which emits blue light when added with calcium. Biologists use GFP to study cells in embryos and fetuses during developmental processes.
Contributors
- Zou, Yawen (Author)
- Turriziani Colonna, Federica (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2014-06-11
Subjects
Keywords
- Technologies
- jellyfish
- GFP
- Osamu Shimomura
- Douglas Prasher
- Martin Chalfie
- Roger Tsien
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