Fluorescent resonance energy transfer: A tool for probing molecular cell-biomaterial interactions in three dimensions

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2424-2437

  Huebsch, Nathaniel D ^a,b   Mooney, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix (ECM); Fibronectin (FN); Fluorescence; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Integrin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROTEINS;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (ECM); FIBRONECTIN (FN); GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); INTEGRIN;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; LIGAND; MATRIX PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTEGRINS;

EID: 33847656190     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.01.023     Document Type: Review

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