Fluorescence Image of a Transverse Section of a Formalin-Fixed Eel (IMAGE)

RIKEN

Fluorescence Image of a Transverse Section of a Formalin-Fixed Eel

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Drs. Atsushi Miyawaki, Akiko Kumagai and their team cloned a gene from Unagi for an unusual fluorescent protein they named UnaG, for Unagi Green protein, that allows eels to glow in the dark . UnaG is the first fluorescent protein found in vertebrates; previously they were thought to exist only in simple animals like jellyfish.

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RIKEN

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UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL: 12:00 PM Noon US Eastern Time 16:00 GMT on June 13, 2013/ 01:00 am JST on June 14, 2013

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