Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy of mCherry in living cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2391-2404

  Wu, Bin ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Müller, Joachim D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN MCHERRY; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; MAMMAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 66149096239     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3902     Document Type: Article

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