Trim-Away (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Trim-Away

Caption

Trim-Away directly and rapidly destroys a fluorescent protein (blue) in an egg cell. The images show the cell before introduction of antibodies directed against the protein and 10, 30, and 60 minutes thereafter (from left). The protein amount is reduced by half within nine minutes.

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology/ Dean Clift

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