Elimination of environmental sensitivity in a cameleon FRET-based calcium sensor via replacement of the acceptor with Venus

Cell Calcium

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Evanko, Daniel S ^a   Haydon, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; FRET; GFP; IP3; Sensor; VC6.1; YC6.1

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; LIGAND; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 14744288790     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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