Fast and reversible photoswitching of the fluorescent protein dronpa as evidenced by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Dedecker, Peter ^a   Hotta, Jun Ichi ^a   Ando, Ryoko ^b   Miyawaki, Atsushi ^b   Engelborghs, Yves ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DRONPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 33747199189     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.089789     Document Type: Article

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