GFP of rare codons in fruit fly embryo (IMAGE)

Duke University

GFP of rare codons in fruit fly embryo

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A translucent fruit fly larvae glows where a green fluorescent protein (GFP) is being expressed by codons that are rare in the fly genome. Only two tissues, the brain (left) and testis (right) are capable of expressing this version of GFP.

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Fox Lab, Duke University

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