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Green Flourescent Protein (GFP) is found in the Jellyfish species ''Aequoria Victoria''''. ''<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">GFP is a special protein because it has flourescent properties due to its ability to emit light at a certain wavelength. The single gene which codes for GFP is inserted into the DNA of a cell and it is produced during protein synthesis. GFP is used as a probe to monitor the movement and location of a protein of interest. </span> | |||
=== References === | |||
Alberts et al. ''Molecular Biology of the Cell - ''5th Edition (Garland science, 2008) pg 592-3 | |||
Revision as of 21:02, 17 October 2014
Green Flourescent Protein (GFP) is found in the Jellyfish species Aequoria Victoria'. GFP is a special protein because it has flourescent properties due to its ability to emit light at a certain wavelength. The single gene which codes for GFP is inserted into the DNA of a cell and it is produced during protein synthesis. GFP is used as a probe to monitor the movement and location of a protein of interest.
References
Alberts et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell - 5th Edition (Garland science, 2008) pg 592-3