Tuesday 3 January 2012

miniSOG: From the Hauz of Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien who Gave GFP !!

Well, back to square one !

Geniuses cannot stop!

Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien who gave us the tag GFP [green florescent protein] has come up with yet another modified and improved verion of it !

It's now named as “miniSOG” (for mini Singlet Oxygen Generator), ~ half the size of GFP, binds to a suite of  proteins, and can faithfully tag a variety of cells in different organisms !

Read it here:

X. Shu, et al., “A genetically encoded tag for correlated light and electron microscopy of intact cells, tissues, and organisms,” PLoS Biology, 9:e1001041, 2011. Free F1000 Evaluation


Time to grab  a Lunch now !

Catch you sooner with yet-another Gem!


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