Fluorescence imaging of amyloid formation in living cells by a functional, tetracysteine-tagged α-synuclein

Nature Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-351

  Roberti, María J ^a,b   Bertoncini, Carlos W ^a   Klement, Reinhard ^a   Jares Erijman, Elizabeth A ^b   Jovin, Thomas M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34247864013     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1026     Document Type: Article

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