Fluorescent proteins and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) as tools in signaling research

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-384

  Schmid, Johannes A ^a,b   Birbach, Andreas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Protein trafficking; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HYBRID PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33947321295     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0472     Document Type: Short Survey

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