Single-molecule two-colour coincidence detection to probe biomolecular associations

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 914-918

  Orte, Angel ^a   Clarke, Richard ^b   Klenerman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Protein association; Single molecule fluorescence; T cell receptor; Two colour coincidence detection

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; TWO COLOR COINCIDENCE DETECTION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77955943960     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380914     Document Type: Review

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