esteban at igmors.u-psud.fr wrote:
>> There are rumours that the green protein does not fluoresce or it
> is degraded in filamantous fungi.
I know little about filamentous fungi but someone I talked to was
concerned about the low pH (intacellular or extracellular?) of
filamentous fungi affecting the GFP fluorescence. GFP loses its
fluorescence below pH 5. Does this seem like a plausible
explanation for the failures?
-= Paul =-
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