Visualization of bHLH transcription factor interactions in living mammalian cell nuclei and developing chicken neural tube by FRET

Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 585-598

  Wang, Chen ^a   Bian, Wei ^a   Xia, Caihong ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Guillemot, Francois ^b   Jing, Naihe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bHLH; Chick embryo neural tube; Confocal microscopy; FRET; in ovo electroporation; Photobleach

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745243353     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310076     Document Type: Article

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