crystal jelly

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Crystal jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, float against a black background, their translucent bells showing glowing radial canals and long trailing tentacles.

crystal jelly

jellyfish

Also known as: Aequorea victoria

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Osamu Shimomura
…occurring substance in the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that is used as a tool to make visible the actions of certain cells. The visual signal that GFP provides allows scientists to probe protein activity, such as when and where proteins are produced and how different proteins or parts of proteins move…
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…occurring substance in the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that is used as a tool to make visible the actions of certain cells. The visual signal that GFP provides allows scientists to probe protein activity, such as when and where proteins are produced and how different proteins or parts of proteins move…
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