Green Fluorescent facts
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The discoverer of a gene for Green Fluorescent Protein lost his grant, didn't get tenure, left academe and was working at a car dealership in Huntsville, Alabama, when he learned that former colleagues had won the Nobel Prize using the gene he sequenced.
how green fluorescent protein works?
Parakeet has yellow head and green body covered with black markings. Yellow-colored feathers contain fluorescent pigment that attracts opposite sex during the breeding season. Parakeet is covered with nearly 3.000 feathers.
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what is green fluorescent protein?
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Scorpions are fluorescent, glowing a vibrant blue-green under UV light. The newest theory explains this extreme sensitivity as a whole-body light measuring device so they can tell if they've found suitable (sun-blocking) shelter when fleeing a predator, without having to actually look.
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The "GloFish" they sell at PetSmart glow due to an injected protein. GFP's(Green Fluorescent Protein) have also been used to illuminate cats, rabbits, mice, and many other animals.
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Douglas Prasher, an American molecular biologist who was acknowledged by all three 2008 Chemistry Nobel laureates in their acceptance speeches for his work on the green fluorescent protein, couldn't find a job in science and was working as a bus driver for $8.50/h
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While trying to find a cure for AIDS, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats. The Mayo Clinic scientists inserted a version of the green fluorescent protein that lights up the crystal jelly and an anti feline HIV gene in cat eggs. The kittens glowed green showing they had the anti HIV gene.
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Eduardo Kac, a contemporary artist, created a genetically modified rabbit called Alba that glowed fluorescent green when exposed to light.
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Scientists use a protein found in jellyfish that glows fluorescent green to study embryos during development.
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about glow-in-the-dark kitties. Scientists insert the GFP(green fluorescent protein from jellyfish) gene along with another gene that blocks feline AIDS, into the cat's unfertilized eggs. When the eggs are fertilized, glowing cats are produced, which means that they also have the anti-AIDS gene.
