'Green Lantern' type sensor tailored to track heme

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'Green Lantern' type sensor tailored to track heme

Graphic rendering of a ratiometric sensor (upper right pair). It is a combination of a bacterial protein (depicted red) that attracts heme and a fluorescent protein (depicted yellow). They could be analogous to a person holding a lamp while attracting hemes to block it's light. Lower left protein is an "internal standard" fluorescent protein, a type of experimental control.

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Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences and Biology, Research
Keywords
fluorescent, heme, hemoglobin, ratiometric sensor
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  • Created By: Ben Brumfield
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 31, 2016 - 12:00pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:55pm