Application of Smart Fluorescent Proteins for Biosensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2021) | Viewed by 3609
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioimaging, biosensors; protein engineering; molecular recognition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, fluorescent protein is a convenient and promising probe to sense and visualize the physiological phenomena in life science. Their genetic encodability is advantageous to the application on measurements of living cells, which requires less-invasiveness and retainability on the probes. After the first report of recombinant gene expression of green fluorescent protein in live cells in 1994, a variety of fluorescent proteins with a wide wavelength range covering from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared have been created through devotion by many researchers. Even now, new fluorescent proteins with improved properties to satisfy advanced requirements are continuously reported. Improvement is also oriented to the direction other than detection and fluorescent proteins available for optogenetic manipulation that are emerging. Furthermore, recently developing fluorescent proteins that incorporate endogenous external cofactors as chromophores are expanding the capability of the fluorescent protein.
This Special Issue encourages authors to submit cutting edge applications of such recent “smart fluorescent proteins”. Applications away from conventional sensing and imaging such as optogenetic tools or memory devices are also welcome. Improvement of analytical methods related to smart fluorescent proteins will also be included. Original manuscripts as well as reviews of the current state of the art are welcome for submission.
Topics to be considered:
- fluorescent protein
- fluorescent probe
- fluorescent sensor
- fluorescent indicator
- diagnostic sensor
- environmental sensor
- two-photon excitation microscopy
- total internal reflection microscopy
- super-resolution microscopy
- fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
- photoacoustic imaging
- correlative light and electron microscopy
- photoactuator
- photomanipulator
- photosensitizer
- memory device
Dr. Tomoki Matsuda
Prof. Hiromi Imamura
Guest Editors
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