Protein | λex [nm] | λem [nm] | Relative brightness [% of EGFP] | Relative photostability [t1/2 in s][66] | Reference/source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blue fluorescent proteins | |||||
T-Sapphire | 399 | 511 | 79 | 25 | [53] |
Cyan fluorescent proteins | |||||
mCFP | 433 | 475 | 39 | 64 | [54] |
Cerulean | 433 | 475 | 79 | 36 | [55] |
CyPet | 435 | 477 | 53 | 59 | [56] |
Green fluorescent proteins | |||||
EGFP | 484 | 507 | 100 | 174 | BD Biosciences Clontech |
Emerald | 487 | 509 | 116 | 0.69 | [48], Invitrogen |
Yellow fluorescent proteins | |||||
EYFP | 514 | 527 | 151 | 60 | [48], Invitrogen |
Venus | 515 | 528 | 156 | 15 | [57] |
mCitrine | 516 | 529 | 174 | 49 | [58] |
YPet | 517 | 530 | 238 | 49 | [56] |
Orange and red fluorescent proteins | |||||
mKO | 548 | 559 | 92 | 122 | [59], MBL Intl. |
mOrange | 548 | 562 | 146 | 9 | [60] |
tdTomato | 554 | 581 | 283 | 98 | [60] |
DsRed-monomer | 556 | 586 | 10 | 16 | BD Biosciences Clontech |
mStrawberry | 574 | 596 | 78 | 15 | [60] |
mCherry | 587 | 610 | 47 | 96 | [60] |
mPlum | 590 | 649 | 12 | 53 | [61] |