Using FRET to study the interaction domain of TLR4 binding to MD-2 in living cells

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1451-1457

  Zhong, Tian Yu ^a   Tang, Jing ^a   Chen, Deng Yu ^a   Liu, Ya Wei ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jing Hua ^a   Jiang, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy tramsfer(FRET); LPS; MD 2; Signal transduction; TLR4

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149161111     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00246     Document Type: Article

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