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Yongxin Zhao

China University of Petroleum, East China

ORCID: 0000-0003-4188-5725

Publishes on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications. 87 papers and 7.3k citations.

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An Expanded Palette of Genetically Encoded Ca <sup>2+</sup> Indicators
Yongxin Zhao, Satoko Araki, Jiahui Wu et al.|Science|2011
Cited by 1.3kOpen Access

Engineered fluorescent protein (FP) chimeras that modulate their fluorescence in response to changes in calcium ion (Ca(2+)) concentration are powerful tools for visualizing intracellular signaling activity. However, despite a decade of availability, the palette of single FP-based Ca(2+) indicators has remained limited to a single green hue. We have expanded this palette by developing blue, improved green, and red intensiometric indicators, as well as an emission ratiometric indicator with an 11,000% ratio change. This series enables improved single-color Ca(2+) imaging in neurons and transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans. In HeLa cells, Ca(2+) was imaged in three subcellular compartments, and, in conjunction with a cyan FP-yellow FP-based indicator, Ca(2+) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate were simultaneously imaged. This palette of indicators paints the way to a colorful new era of Ca(2+) imaging.