Splitting fluorescent protein helps image clusters in live cells
Saturday, December 26, 2009 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Half a protein is better than none, and in this case, it's way better than a whole one. A Rice University lab has discovered that dividing a particular fluorescent protein and using it as a tag is handy for analyzing the workings of live cells, particularly in the way they employ iron-sulfur clusters.