From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Thu May 27 1999 - 14:51:18 MDT
Japanese Research Team Succeeds in Creation of Reporter Molecule
Comline Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
A research team comprising scientists from the University of Tokyo and
Kyushu Industrial University has succeeded in the creation of a so-called
"reporter molecule" with functions of information transmission through the
use of a fluorescent protein. The new technique is a method that will prove
useful in the simple measurement in real-time of molecular information
within cells, using cellular surfaces as the venue of information exchange
between inside and outside the cell. In order to create the reporter
molecule, the research group formed a certain yeast by implanting into the
interior of cells the genes with the marker reporter molecules. When
observing the cells in which the yeast had been cultivated after 24 hours
with a laser microscope, a ring or green light was observed on the surface
layer of the cells, indicating potential as a next-generation propagation
system for an information transfer environment between the interior and
exterior of cells.
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
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