Butko and colleagues report the invention of fluorescent and photo-oxidizing versions of a molecular probe named TimeSTAMP that allows temporal tagging of newly synthesized proteins of interest. The study uses these new tools to track basal and pharmacologically-induced synthesis of the synaptic protein PDS-95 in real time via live fluorescent imaging and/or with ultrastructural resolution using electron microscopy.
- Margaret T Butko
- Jin Yang
- Michael Z Lin
