Homo-FRET microscopy in living cells to measure monomer-dimer transition of GFP-tagged proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3000-3008

  Gautier, I ^a   Tramier, M ^a   Durieux, C ^a   Coppey, J ^a   Pansu, R B ^b   Nicolas, J C ^c   Kemnitz, K ^d   Coppey Moisan, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^d EuroPhoton GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0034964906     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76265-0     Document Type: Article

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