Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) to study nuclear protein dynamics in living cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 464, Issue , 2008, Pages 363-385

  Van Royen, Martin E ^a   Farla, Pascal ^a   Mattern, Karin A ^a   Geverts, Bart ^a   Trapman, Jan ^a   Houtsmuller, Adriaan B ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; Fluorescent proteins; FRAP; Protein mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349125976     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-461-6_20     Document Type: Article

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