Single-molecule FRET analysis of protein-DNA complexes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 543, Issue , 2009, Pages 503-521

  Heilemann, Mike ^a   Hwang, Ling Chin ^a   Lymperopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternating laser excitation (ALEX); Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Protein DNA interactions; Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BUFFER; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BUFFERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASERS; PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67649126568     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-015-1_29     Document Type: Article

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