FlipGFP, a novel fluorescence protease reporter to study apoptosis
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 21, 2019, 12:10 p.m.
...fluorescence 100-fold compared to other reporters (Zhang et al., 2019).
How does FlipGFP work?
GFP contains 11...apoptosis reporter, ZipGFP, which utilized the self-assembling split GFP (GFP1-10 and GFP11) to increase...self-assembling split GFP (GFP1-9 and GFP10-11) by flipping a single β-strand of GFP, hence the name FlipGFP. FlipGFP...fluorescent executioner caspase reporters. Several apoptosis reporters have been developed, such as the...transfer (FRET)-based executioner caspase reporters. In these reporters, the FRET pair is linked by a caspase...FlipCherry: Red fluorescence protease reporter
To add to the fluorogenic reporter toolkit, the Shu Lab also designed...range and high brightness. This reporter achieves approximately 100-fold increase in fluorescence after cleavage...