Investigating interactions mediated by the presynaptic protein bassoon in living cells by foerster's resonance energy transfer and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1483-1496

  Jose, Mini ^a   Nair, Deepak K ^a   Altrock, Wilko D ^a   Dresbach, Thomas ^b   Gundelfinger, Eckart D ^a   Zuschratter, Werner ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BSN PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 38949163023     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111674     Document Type: Article

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