Human Interaction
Green florescent protein (GFP) is found in Crystal Jellies. This is what gives them the ability of bioluminescence. GFP has recently been used in the research of many studies to mark specific cells and channels. It has also been used as a marker in many bodily functions.
An example of this is a study done by (Beam et. all 1998) used GFP to mark Ca2+ channels in cardiac L-type Ca2+ channels in dysgenic myotubes.
Another study done by (Baba et. all 1999) used GFP to track acrosomes in sperm of mice. GFP has been very important in hundreds of research studies and is still used today.
GFP was originally derived from Aequorea victoria, but due to the widespread demand in research all over the world, new mutants have been made. "Aequorea medusae used to be enormously abundant during the summer in Friday Harbor, Washington State, during at least the 1960s through the 1980s. Hundreds of thousands of medusae were harvested during that period by scientists interested in their luminescent properties." (Crystal Jelly 2013).
In the picture below laboratory mice under UV light show the affect of GFP expression.
An example of this is a study done by (Beam et. all 1998) used GFP to mark Ca2+ channels in cardiac L-type Ca2+ channels in dysgenic myotubes.
Another study done by (Baba et. all 1999) used GFP to track acrosomes in sperm of mice. GFP has been very important in hundreds of research studies and is still used today.
GFP was originally derived from Aequorea victoria, but due to the widespread demand in research all over the world, new mutants have been made. "Aequorea medusae used to be enormously abundant during the summer in Friday Harbor, Washington State, during at least the 1960s through the 1980s. Hundreds of thousands of medusae were harvested during that period by scientists interested in their luminescent properties." (Crystal Jelly 2013).
In the picture below laboratory mice under UV light show the affect of GFP expression.