Fluorescent principle
Fluorescent microscope
DAPI
FITC
Alexa 488
Tetramethylrhodamine/TRITC
Rhodamin
Rhodamin Red-X
Alexa 568
Alexa 647
Texas-Red and Texas-Red-X
Alexa 594
Cy-Series
GFP and GFPuv
E-GFP's and DsRed
Table of Fluorescent Proteins
What is green fluorescent protein (GFP) ? GFP is a 238-amino acid protein originally isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequoria victoria Can be expressed in any organism without additional cofactors
Structurally, GFP represents a new motif which has been named the “β-can” The “can” consists of 11 β-strands and a central α-helix Structure of GFP
GFP-Fluorophore Fluorescence is mediated by a fluorophore located at the center of the protein
The fluorophore is derived from the tripeptide -Ser 65 -Tyr 66 - Gly 67 - Formation of the fluorophore occurs in an autocatalytic manner Structure of the GFP-fluorophore
Light sources for Fluorescence
Filtersets and GFP's
Quantum efficiency of Chip
New Filterset
New Filterset-other flourochromes
Old Filtersets
Old filtersets- other flurochromes
Antibodies used for fluorescence
Laser and Fluorochromes