Table 1.

Protein	Activation wavelength (nm)a	Stateb	Excitation wavelength (nm)	Emission wavelength (nm)	Contrast (fold increase)	Reference
PA-GFP	405	Pre	400	515	70	Patterson and Lippincott-Schwartz (2002)
		Post	504	517
PS-CFP	405	Pre	402	468	300 green 1500 green-to-cyan ratio	Chudakov et al. (2004)
		Post	490	511
PS-CFP2	405	Pre	400	470		See supplier's Web site
		Post	490	511
PAmRFP1-1	405	Post	578	605	70	Verkhusha and Sorkin (2005)
PAmCherry1	405	Post	564	595		Subach et al. (2009)
PATagRFP	405	Post	562	595		Subach et al. (2010)
Dronpac	490, 405	Pre	503	518		Ando et al. (2004)
Dronpa-2	490, 405	ON	486	513		Ando et al. (2007)
Dronpa-3	490, 405	ON	487	514		Ando et al. (2007)
rsFastlime	490, 405	ON	496	518	67	Stiel et al. (2007)
Padron	490, 405	ON	503	522	143	Andresen et al. (2008)
bsDronpa	490, 405	ON	460	504	17	Andresen et al. (2008)
rsCherry	470, 561	ON	572	610	6.7	Stiel et al. (2008)
rsCherryRev	470, 561	ON	572	608	20	Stiel et al. (2008)
KFP1	532	Post	580	600		Chudakov et al. (2003)
Kaede	405	Pre	508	518	2000 red-to-green ratio	Ando et al. (2002)
		Post	572	582
Kikume Green-Red (KikGR)	405	Pre	507	517	2000 red-to-green ratio	Tsutsui et al. (2005)
		Post	583	593
mKikGR	405	Pre	505	515		Habuchi et al. (2008)
		Post	580	591
EosFP	405	Pre	506	516		Wiedenmann et al. (2004)
		Post	571	581
mEosFP	405	Pre	505	516		Wiedenmann et al. (2004)
		Post	573	584
IrisFP	405 photoconversion	Pre	488	516		Adam et al. (2008)
	488 or 561 photoswitching	Post	551	580
Dendra	405 or 488	Pre	486	505	4500 red-to-green ratio	Gurskaya et al. (2006)
		Post	558	575
Dendra2	405 or 488	Pre	486	505		See supplier's Web site
		Post	558	575

^aThe wavelength range for activation can be broad for each protein. The wavelengths listed here are suggestions based on commonly available laser lines.

^bThe wavelengths to the right of Pre represent the major peaks prior to photoactivation. The wavelengths to the right of Post represent the major peaks after photoactivation; absence of Pre wavelengths indicates that the protein is not initially fluorescent (values not published).

^cDronpa displays green fluorescence with excitation at 503 nm and emission at 518 nm. Excitation at 490 nm results in loss of absorbance at 503 nm. Upon irradiation at 400 nm, green fluorescence is restored.