green fluorescent protein
Biochemistry
noun
A protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to blue light, specifically that originally isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, often used as an experimental tracer or marker, especially in molecular biology and genetic engineering; abbreviated GFP.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Biological Bulletin.
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