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    Glow-in-the-dark salamanders

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    These six-month-old axolotls, a kind of salamander, glow green and blue under ultraviolet light. That's because they were genetically modified to make harmless green fluorescent protein, or GFP. Like X-ray vision, GFP lets you see inside the axolotls as they hang out in their aquarium. GFP not only can reveal internal structures in living organisms, but it also can light up specific cells and even proteins within a cell. That allows scientists to identify and track things like cancer cells.
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    Internal Notehttp://publications.nigms.nih.gov/biobeat/09-11-18/index.html#1
    Keywordsresearch organism, axolotl, salamander
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    Date2009-11-19 00:00:00
    Credit LineJill Grossman, Jamison Hermann and Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College
    InvestigatorMarc Zimmer, Connecticut College
    Record TypeVideo
    Topic Area(s);#Tools and Techniques;#
    Previous UsesNov 2009 Biobeat, Sep 2009 Findings
    StatusActive

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