Table 1.

Overview of measured single-label IN in HIV-1 viral particles

FP	Literature lifetime (ns)	Measured lifetime (ns)	Measured photobleaching rate	Maturation (min)	Literature brightness	Measured geomean photon count	References
EGFP	2.6	2.61 ± 0.31	0.0097 ± 0.0073	25	33.54	144.7	(64,62)
mClover3	3.2	3.01 ± 0.39	0.0127 ± 0.0073	43.5	85.02	111.5	(62,65)
mNeongreen	3.1	2.90 ± 0.60	0.0126 ± 0.0090	10	92.8	56.5	(65)
mTurquoise2	4.0	3.68 ± 0.45	0.0078 ± 0.0044	33.5	27.9	148.1	(66)
mTFP1	3.2	2.62 ± 0.41	0.0280 ± 0.0075	76.5	54.4	94.2	(67)
Cherry	1.49a	2.10 ± 0.22	0.0202 ± 0.0072	15	15.6	118.7	(68,69)
Scarlet	3.86	3.34 ± 0.41	0.0072 ± 0.0104	174	71	110.5	(65,70)
Venus	3.1	2.71 ± 0.39	0.0251 ± 0.0089	17.6	66.56	90.1	(71)

^aAveraged two-component lifetime.