Galina V. Ermakova

TL;DR: A far-red fluorescent protein, named Katushka, is reported, which is seven- to tenfold brighter compared to the spectrally close HcRed or mPlum, and is characterized by fast maturation as well as a high pH-stability and photostability, which makes it the protein of choice for visualization in living tissues.

TL;DR: In this article, a monomeric far-red fluorescent protein, called mKate2, was presented, which is almost 3-fold brighter than the previously reported mKate and 10-fold higher than mPlum.

TL;DR: In vivo labeling with E5 is used to measure expression from the heat shock-dependent promoter in Caenorhabditis elegans and from the Otx-2 promoter in developing Xenopus embryos to monitor both activation and down-regulation of target promoters on the whole-organism scale.

TL;DR: A new monomeric red fluorescent protein, called FusionRed, is reported, which demonstrates both high efficiency in fusions and low toxicity in living cells and tissues.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that ectopic Xanf-1 can expand the neural plate at expense of adjacent non-neural ectoderm, and data indicate that the repressor function of Xan f-1 may be necessary for regulation of both neural differentiation and patterning in the presumptive anterior neurectoderm.