FUSION PROTEINS BETWEEN A FLUORESCENT PROTEIN AND AN IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to a fusion protein between:- a subunit of an heteromeric neuronal nicotinic or serotoninergic ionotropic receptor, and, - a fluorescent protein chosen from fluorescent proteins obtained or derived from autofluorescent proteins, this protein being chosen in particular from: - green fluorescent protein (GFP), or - variants derived from GFP by addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids, with the proviso that these variants conserve the fluorescence capability, - or fragments of GFP, or fragments of the above-mentioned variants, with the proviso that these fragments conserve the fluorescence capability, - or autofluorescent proteins that were isolated from other organisms than the Aequorea Victoria.