Optimizing methods to recover absolute FRET efficiency from immobilized single molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 961-970

  McCann, James J ^a   Choi, Ucheor B ^b,c   Zheng, Liqiang ^b   Weninger, Keith ^c   Bowen, Mark E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DLGH4 PROTEIN, RAT; DNA; IMMOBILIZED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; BLEACHING; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RAT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHOTOBLEACHING; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77955700423     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.063     Document Type: Article

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