Förster resonance energy transfer as a tool to study photoreceptor biology

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hovan, Stephanie C ^a   Howell, Scott ^b   Park, Paul S H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescent protein, G protein coupled receptor; Frster resonance energy transfer; live cell; Photoreceptor; phototransduction; retina; transgenic Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

FRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS; LIVE CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; RESONANCE; SIGNALING; VISION; VISUALIZATION;

PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; OOCYTES; RHODOPSIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 78650101864     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3505023     Document Type: Article

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