Luciferase and green fluorescent protein reporter genes as tools to determine protein abundance and intracellular dynamics
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In Vitro Bioluminescence Assay to Characterize Circadian Rhythm in Mammary Epithelial Cells
Published on: September 28, 2017
András Viczián1, Stefan Kircher
1Institute of Plant Biology, Hungarian Academy of Science, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary.
Abstract:
To get insight into molecular mechanisms governing plant development, the dynamics of abundance and cellular localisation of signalling components need to be understood. Luciferase and green fluorescent protein (GFP)-derived reporters are suitable markers to determine dynamic signalling processes in vivo. Here, analysis of phytochrome A (phyA) photoreceptor dynamics during early seedling development is used as an example of how in vitro and in vivo luciferase assays as well as GFP-imaging can be used to probe signalling dynamics.
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