Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
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...have been developed, which differ in the number, stability, and brightness of the fluorescent proteins used... (Cai et al., 2013), incorporates the highly photostable fluorophores mOrange2, EGFP, and mKate2 (red)...truncated, non-fluorescent form of YFP as the default state of the transgene such that recombination is necessary...not undergo recombination can be detected by immunostaining of the truncated YFP.
In Thy1-Brainbow mice...2011) labels Drosophila neurons at the neuroblast stage, meaning that neurons of the same lineage will express...injecting a CMV-Brainbow construct at the embryonic stage. This technique could be used to target Brainbow...labeled by injecting Brainbow at the single-cell stage. Zebrabow, or “zebrafish brainbow,” is a collection...