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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2022

A Bright, Nontoxic, and Non-aggregating red Fluorescent Protein for Long-Term Labeling of Fine Structures in Neurons.

Lin Ning, Yang Geng, Matthew Lovett-Barron, Xiaoman Niu, Mengying Deng, Liang Wang, Niloufar Ataie, Alex Sens, Ho-Leung Ng, Shoudeng Chen and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Lin NingDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Yang GengDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Matthew Lovett-BarronDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Xiaoman NiuInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Mengying DengGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology and Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, and CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Liang WangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology and Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, and CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Niloufar AtaieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
Alex SensDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
Ho-Leung NgDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
Shoudeng ChenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Karl DeisserothDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Michael Z LinDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Jun ChuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology and Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, and CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Stanford University · USKansas State University · USShenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNFifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Red fluorescent proteins are useful as morphological markers in neurons, often complementing green fluorescent protein-based probes of neuronal activity. However, commonly used red fluorescent proteins show aggregation and toxicity in neurons or are dim. We report the engineering of a bright red fluorescent protein, Crimson, that enables long-term morphological labeling of neurons without aggregation or toxicity. Crimson is similar to mCherry and mKate2 in fluorescence spectra but is 100 and 28% greater in molecular brightness, respectively. We used a membrane-localized Crimson-CAAX to label thin neurites, dendritic spines and filopodia, enhancing detection of these small structures compared to cytosolic markers.

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crimsonlabellong-termneuronnon-aggregatingred fluorescent proteinRFP

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PMID35846353
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