[Abstract] GFP as Tracers Inside Cells

Discover of The Green Fluorescent Protein in Local Jellyfish as Tracers Inside Cells

Muhammad S, Anggun C, Rizcha R

Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, University

Abstract

The green fluorescent protein (GFP) has vaulted from obscurity to become one of the most widely studied and exploited proteins in biochemistry and cell biology. Its amazing ability that GFP could be used as a tracer inside cells and tremendously valuable. It has been reported that GFP is obtained only in some genera of jellyfish, i.e Aequorea victoria. In otherwise, research on GFP from the local jellyfish of  Indonesia has not been reported, although Indonesia has many different types of jellyfish, i.e Rhizostoma sp, Scyanea sp, Cephea sp, Scyhpoza sp, Mastigias sp and Cotylorhiza sp. GFP has become well established as a marker of gene expression and protein targeting in intact cells and organisms. This paper is supposed to be a trigger to conduct research on GFP in local jellyfish as a new tool for medical purposes.

Key Words: Indonesia, Jellyfish, GFP, Cells