Near-infrared fluorescent proteins.

Shcherbo, Dmitry; Shemiakina, Irina I; Ryabova, Anastasiya V; Luker, Kathryn E; Schmidt, Bradley T; Souslova, Ekaterina A; Gorodnicheva, Tatiana V; Strukova, Lydia et al. · Nat Methods · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Fluorescent proteins with emission wavelengths in the near-infrared and infrared range are in high demand for whole-body imaging techniques. Here we report near-infrared dimeric fluorescent proteins eqFP650 and eqFP670. To our knowledge, eqFP650 is the brightest fluorescent protein with emission maximum above 635 nm, and eqFP670 displays the most red-shifted emission maximum and high photostability.

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