mmFP encoding nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and methods of use thereof

A DNA molecule which is a gene comprising introns and exons, the exons of said gene specifically hybridizing with an isolated nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:

• 1 and said exons encoding a fluorescent protein.

A method of identifying a target nucleic acid molecule in a test sample using a nucleic acid probe having the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:

• 1 the method comprising contacting the probe and the test sample under hybridizing conditions of incubation for at least 6 hours at 37–42° C. in a hybridization solution comprising 5×SSC, 5× Denhardt's reagent, 0.5–1.0% SDS, 100 μL denatured salmon sperm DNA, 0.05% sodium pyrophosphate and about 50% formamide, and observing whether hybridization takes place.

A kit comprising a pair of oligonucleotide primers having sequences corresponding to a portion of a nucleic acid set out in SEQ ID NO:

• 1 for use in amplifying a nucleic acid having the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 1.

A vector comprising a hybrid nucleic acid molecule, wherein said vector comprises at least one cloning site operably linked to a first nucleic acid sequence molecule of SEQ ID NO:

• 1 and wherein said cloning site provides an insertion site for a second nucleic acid molecule.

A method for measuring the expression from a promoter region using an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:

• 1 operably linked to said promoter region, the method comprising expressing the fluorescent protein and measuring the spectra of the fluorescent protein.

The vector of 13, wherein said second nucleic acid molecule contains a promoter region.