Green-to-red photoconvertible fluorescent proteins: Tracking cell and protein dynamics on standard wide-field mercury arc-based microscopes

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baker, Susan M ^a,b   Buckheit III, Robert W ^a,c   Falk, Matthias M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CLATHRIN LIGHT CHAIN; CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H2B; MERCURY; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CLATHRIN; HISTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COATED VESICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM;

CLATHRIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 77649281243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-15     Document Type: Article

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