Protein Name |
Excitation, nm |
Emission, nm |
Brightness relative to EGFP |
Oligomeric State |
Reference or Source |
FP information (pdf) |
Blue Fluorescent Proteins
|
EBFP2 |
383 |
448 |
0.56 |
monomer* |
Ai et al. Biochem. 2007, 46:5904-5910 |
|
mTagBFP2 |
402 |
457 |
.99 |
monomer* |
www.addgene.org |
|
Cyan Fluorescent Proteins
|
mTurquoise2 |
434 |
474 |
0.83 |
monomer |
Goedhart et al. Nat. Comm. 2012, 3:751 |
|
Cerulean3 |
433 |
475 |
1.03 |
monomer |
Markwardt PLoS ONE 2011, 6:e17896 |
|
mCFP |
439 |
476 |
0.39 |
monomer |
www.addgene.org |
|
Midoriishi Cyan |
472 |
495 |
0.73 |
dimer |
www.mblintl.com |
|
Green Fluorescent Proteins
|
TurboGFP |
482 |
502 |
1.10 |
monomer |
www.evrogen.com |
|
Azami Green |
492 |
505 |
1.21 |
monomer |
www.mblintl.com |
|
ZsGreen |
493 |
505 |
1.17 |
monomer |
www.clontech.com |
|
TagGFP2 |
482 |
506 |
1.05 |
tetramer |
www.evrogen.com |
|
Emerald |
487 |
509 |
1.16 |
monomer* |
Cubitt et al., Methods Cell. Biol., 1999, 58, 19 |
|
superfolder GFP |
485 |
510 |
1.61 |
monomer |
Pedelacq et al. Nat. Biotechnol. 2006, 24:79-88 |
|
Clover |
505 |
515 |
2.51 |
monomer |
Lam et al. Nat. Methods 2012, 9:1005-1012 |
|
mNeonGreen |
506 |
517 |
2.76 |
monomer |
Shaner et al. Nat. Methods 2013, 10:407-409 |
|
Yellow Fluorescent Proteins
|
mYFP |
514 |
527 |
1.51 |
monomer |
www.addgene.com |
|
mVenus |
515 |
528 |
1.74 |
monomer* |
Nagai et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2002, 20, 87 |
|
mCitrine |
516 |
529 |
1.74 |
monomer |
Griesbeck et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2001, 276, 29188 |
|
TurboYFP |
525 |
538 |
1.65 |
monomer |
www.evrogen.com |
|
mPapaya1 |
530 |
541 |
2.38 |
monomer |
Hoi et al. Chem. and Biol. 2013, 20: 1296-1304. |
|
Orange Fluorescent Proteins
|
Kusabira Orange 2 (mK02) |
551 |
565 |
1.16 |
monomer |
www.mblintl.com |
|
mOrange 2 |
549 |
565 |
1.03 |
monomer |
Shaner et al., Nat. Methods, 2008, 5:545-551 |
|
TagRFP |
555 |
584 |
1.18 |
dimer |
Shaner et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2004, 22, 1524 |
|
TagRFP-T |
555 |
584 |
.97 |
dimer |
Shaner et al., Nat. Methods, 2008, 5:545-551 |
|
Red Fluorescent Proteins
|
TurboRFP |
553 |
574 |
1.24 |
dimer |
www.evrogen.com |
|
tdTomato |
554 |
581 |
1.42 |
tandem dimer |
Shaner et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2004, 22, 1524 |
|
mStrawberry |
574 |
596 |
.78 |
monomer** |
Shaner et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2004, 22, 1524 |
|
mRuby2 |
559 |
600 |
1.26 |
monomer** |
Lam et al. Nat. Methods 2012, 9:1005-1012 |
|
FusionRed |
580 |
608 |
0.53 |
monomer |
Shemiakina et al. Nat. Comm. 2012, 3:1204 |
|
mCherry |
587 |
610 |
0.47 |
monomer** |
Shaner et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2004, 22, 1524 |
|
Far-Red Fluorescent Proteins
|
mKate2 |
588 |
630 |
0.74 |
monomer |
Shcherbo D. et al. Biochem J. 2009, 418:567-574. |
|
E2-Crimson |
605 |
646 |
0.21 |
tetramer |
www.addgene.com |
|
eqFP650 |
592 |
650 |
0.47 |
dimer |
www.addgene.com |
|
mNeptune2 |
599 |
651 |
0.61 |
monomer* |
www.addgene.com |
|
mCardinal |
604 |
659 |
0.5 |
monomer* |
www.addgene.com |
|
Large Stokes shift Fluorescent Proteins
|
T-Sapphire |
399 |
511 |
0.78 |
monomer |
Zapata-Hommer et al., BMC Biotechnol., 2003, 3, 5 |
|
mAmetrine |
406 |
526 |
0.77 |
tetramer |
www.addgene.com |
|
LSSmOrange |
437 |
572 |
0.69 |
monomer |
www.addgene.com |
|
LSSmKate2 |
460 |
605 |
0.13 |
monomer* |
www.addgene.com |
|
mKeima |
440 |
620 |
0.09 |
monomer* |
www.mblintl.com |
|
Near Infra-Red Fluorescent Proteins
|
iRFP670 |
|
|
|
dimer |
www.addgene.org |
|
iRFP682 |
|
|
|
dimer |
www.addgene.com |
|
iRFP702 |
|
|
|
dimer |
www.addgene.com |
|
iRFP713 (aka iRFP) |
|
|
|
dimer* |
www.addgene.com |
|
iRFP720 |
|
|
|
dimer* |
www.mblintl.com |
|