High resolution, fluorescence deconvolution microscopy and tagging with the autofluorescent tracers CFP, GFP, and YFP to study the structural composition of gap junctions in living cells

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-262

  Falk, Matthias M ^a   Lauf, Undine ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexins; Fluorescent proteins; Membrane proteins; Oligomers; Reporter technology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COLOR; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONNEXIN; DECONVOLUTIONS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS; GAP-JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REPORTER TECHNOLOGY; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035254161     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010201)52:3<251::aid-jemt1011>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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