Thursday, January 9, 2020

Seeing the Cytoskeleton in a Whole New Light

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Based on the NIH health information topics you requested to receive information about, we thought you'd be interested in this story from the NIH Director's Blog.

Cytoskeleton

Seeing the Cytoskeleton in a Whole New Light

Posted on  by Dr. Francis Collins

It's been 25 years since researchers coaxed a bacterium to synthesize an unusual jellyfish protein that fluoresced bright green when irradiated with blue light. Within months, another group had also fused this small green fluorescent protein (GFP) to larger proteins to make their whereabouts inside the cell come to light—like...

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