Recalled to life: Resurrection of diffusion-enhanced fluorescence energy transfer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1143-1144

  Fairclough, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; LANTHANIDE;

BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULE; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 33746789913     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087015     Document Type: Short Survey

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