title: A never ending race for new and improved fluorescent proteins.
abstract: Bioluminescent and fluorescent proteins are now used as tools for research in all organisms. There has been massive progress over the past 15 years in creating a palette of fluorescent proteins with a wide spectrum of specific properties. One of the big challenges is to decide which variant may be best for a certain application. A recent article by Mann et al. in BMC Biotechnology describes a new orange fluorescent protein in plants.
authors.affiliation: Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ehrhardt
authors.forename: Wolf B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Frommer
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D001901:Botany / Q000379:methods*; D005453:Fluorescence; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins