- TECHNOLOGY FEATURE
- Correction 12 June 2024
How to keep the lights on: the mission to make more photostable fluorophores
![Illustration of Green fluorescent protein structure showing the barrel structure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01591-7/d41586-024-01591-7_27149854.jpg)
An illustration of green fluorescent protein with its characteristic β-barrel. Credit: Sci-Comm Studios/Science Photo Library
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Nature 630, 258-260 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01591-7
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Correction 12 June 2024: This Technology feature misstated the nature of the protein tag used in SNAP-tag and HaloTag. It also misnamed the process used to differentiate fluorophores.
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