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RNA lights up

A new method to genetically tag RNA for fluorescence imaging in live cells simplifies imaging of cellular RNAs.

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Figure 1: Detection of RNA localization and dynamics by RNA-GFP.

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Mattick, J., Clark, M. RNA lights up. Nat Biotechnol 29, 883–884 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2003

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