Fluorescent protein FRET: the good, the bad and the ugly

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 407-414

  Piston, David W ^a   Kremers, Gert Jan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTIFACT; BIOSENSOR; BLEACHING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 34548417621     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.08.003     Document Type: Review

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