한국해양바이오학회지 (Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology)
- 제5권4호
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- Pages.26-32
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- 2011
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- 2383-5400(eISSN)
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Potentiality of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria - A Mini Review
- Karagozlu, Mustafa Zafer (Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University) ;
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Kim, Se-Kwon
(Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University)
- 발행 : 2011.12.31
초록
Green fluorescent protein (GFP), a very important biological agent that involves shifting the color of bioluminescence from blue to green in luminous coelenterates and to increase the quantum yield of light emission. GFP discovered in medusa, Aequorea victoria is a key factor of various biotechnological and cell biological applications. Beside these applications, GFP of A. victoria is generally stable, which does not require co-factors for activity and can be functionally expressed in different bacterial species. This property of GFPs from A. victoria permits them to be a unique tool to monitor gene expression and protein localization in different organisms. The present review brings out the past milestones and future perspectives on GFPs, with an elaborative reviewing on its applications.