Fluorescence resonance energy transfer of GFP and YFP by spectral imaging and quantitative acceptor photobleaching

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Dinant, C ^a,b   Van Royen, M E ^a   Vermeulen, W ^b   Houtsmuller, A B ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptor photobleaching; FRET; GFP YFP; Nucleotide excision repair; Protein protein interactions; Spectral unmixing

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUOROPHORES; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROTEINS; REPAIR;

ACCEPTOR PHOTOBLEACHING; ENERGY TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GFP-YFP; LINEAR UNMIXING; NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS; SPECTRAL IMAGING; SPECTRAL UNMIXING;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ENDONUCLEASE; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; HETERODIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; EXCISION REPAIR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 46749088343     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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