Applications of fluorescence microscopy to single bacterial cells

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Meyer, Pablo ^a   Dworkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fluorescence; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP); Fluorescence resonant energy transfer (FRET); Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Microscopy; Single cell; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33947609752     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.12.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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