Topaz1, a yellow fluorescence protein (YFP), is one of the brightest and thermally stable green fluorescence proteins (GFP). The YFP (Topaz) Reporter Lentivirus contains replication-defective, VSV-G pseudotyped lentiviral particles that are ready to be transduced into almost all types of mammalian cells, including primary and non-dividing cells. The particles contain an EF1α promoter-driven YFP(Topaz) construct (a.a. sequence below), and confer both YFP (Topaz) expression and puromycin resistance to the target cells. YFP (Topaz) expression and transduction efficiency can easily be verified and optimized via fluorescence microscopy or flow cytometry. Topaz has an excitation wavelength of 514 nm, an emission wavelength of 527 nm, and extinction coefficient of 94,500M-1cm-1.