OMG GFP!

OMG GFP!

Jacob T. Martin

MIT Department of Biological Engineering, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Koch Institute at MIT

Seen here is 12 ounces of fluorescent GFP-tagged recombinant protein in a flask, under a UV lamp. I needed a large quantity of a fluorescently-modified bacterial protein in order to test for its ability to inhibit HIV binding to cells. I used 12 liters of bacterial culture to produce almost 3 grams of GFP-tagged protein, and I thought it was an impressive amount!

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