ARCA EGFP mRNA is a reporter mRNA suitable as a control reagent for studying transfection and expression efficiency in mammalian cells using various fluorescence-based methods Upon transfection of ARCA EGFP mRNA into the cytoplasm cells will express EGFP able to be characterized by strong bright green fluorescence upon excitation with excitation/emission maxima at 488 nm/509 nm respectively This product is provided as an mRNA capped at its 5 end and polyadenylated at its 3 end mimicking fully processed eukaryotic mRNA Advantages of mRNA transfection 1)No nuclear entry required mRNA directly translates to protein upon entry into the cytoplasm2)Faster protein expression compared to DNA transfection3)Promoter-independent protein expression4)No genomic integration risk5)Ideal for transfecting slowly dividing or non-dividing cells6)Protein expression directly correlates with the amount of transfected mRNA7)Transient expression protein is expressed within a limited timeframe