# Database for Photoswitchable FPs and dyes?

**URL:** <https://forum.microlist.org/t/database-for-photoswitchable-fps-and-dyes/1182>\
**Category:** Probes & Prep\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/database-for-photoswitchable-fps-and-dyes/1182 "2020-10-28T11:56:23Z")\
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Is there a database for dyes and FPs used in SMLM?

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There is FPbase which is good for fluorescent proteins and can be used to filter just PA or PS ones:

> **[FPbase: The Fluorescent Protein Database](https://www.fpbase.org/table/)**
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> FPbase is a free and open-source, community-editable database for fluorescent proteins and their properties.

Otherwise, Table 1 from this MicroscopyU page covers FPs and synthetic dyes and might have the information you’re looking for:

> **[Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Imaging](https://www.microscopyu.com/techniques/super-resolution/single-molecule-super-resolution-imaging)**
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> Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) is a single-molecule superresolution technique that is capable of providing resolutions down to 10 nanometers or less.