However, its utility as a tool for molecular biologists did not begin to be realized until 1992 when Douglas Prasher reported the cloning and nucleotide sequence of wtGFP in Gene.
A utilidade desta proteína como ferramenta de bioloxía molecular non empezou a coñecerse ata 1992 cando Douglas Prasher informou da clonación e secuencia de nucleótidos da wtGFP na revista Gene.