An Overview of Fluorescent Protein Tags
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A fluorescent tag, commonly referred to as a label or probe, is a fluorophore that may be used to determine the distribution and quantity of a target biomolecule.
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GFP fluorescence tagging alters dynamin-related protein 1 oligomerization dynamics and creates disassembly-refractory puncta to mediate mitochondrial fission
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GFP-tagging in Fluorescence Microscopy
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Imaging proteins inside cells with fluorescent tags: Trends in Biotechnology
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Frontiers Optimizing the Protein Fluorescence Reporting System for Somatic Embryogenesis Regeneration Screening and Visual Labeling of Functional Genes in Cotton
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Advanced fluorescent applications with genetic tags. ( A to I )
An Improved Strategy for Fluorescent Tagging of Membrane Proteins for Overexpression and Purification in Mammalian Cells
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Strategies for Site‐Specific Labeling of Receptor Proteins on the Surfaces of Living Cells by Using Genetically Encoded Peptide Tags - Wolf - 2021 - ChemBioChem - Wiley Online Library
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Fluorescent tags
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Fluorescence imaging of drug target proteins using chemical probes - ScienceDirect
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IJMS, Free Full-Text
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Applications of fluorescent protein tagging in structural studies of membrane proteins - Kermani - The FEBS Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Fluorescent Proteins and Their Applications in Imaging Living Cells and Tissues
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Protein Tag - an overview