2015
Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment
Gruber DF, Gaffney JP, Mehr S, DeSalle R, Sparks JS, Platisa J, Pieribone VA. Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0140972. PMID: 26561348, PMCID: PMC4641735, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid-binding proteinFluorescent proteinFatty acid-binding proteinDuplication eventsGene duplication eventsStrong positive selectionNew fluorescent proteinsMarine environmentAdaptive evolutionEvolutionary switchCryptic genusVertebrate ordersVertebrate taxaPhylogenetic reconstructionProtein familyPhylogenetic analysisSequence motifsSister groupEvolutionary adaptationTranscriptomic analysisPositive selectionFatty acid binding proteinAcid binding proteinBinding proteinBright green fluorescence
2012
A Fluorescent, Genetically-Encoded Voltage Probe Capable of Resolving Action Potentials
Barnett L, Platisa J, Popovic M, Pieribone VA, Hughes T. A Fluorescent, Genetically-Encoded Voltage Probe Capable of Resolving Action Potentials. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e43454. PMID: 22970127, PMCID: PMC3435330, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetically encoded fluorescent voltage sensors using the voltage-sensing domain of Nematostella and Danio phosphatases exhibit fast kinetics
Baker BJ, Jin L, Han Z, Cohen LB, Popovic M, Platisa J, Pieribone V. Genetically encoded fluorescent voltage sensors using the voltage-sensing domain of Nematostella and Danio phosphatases exhibit fast kinetics. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 2012, 208: 190-196. PMID: 22634212, PMCID: PMC3398169, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research