Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) Imaging in Plant Seedlings and Mammalian Cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 680, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-28

  Xie*, Qiguang ^a   Soutto*, Mohammed ^a   Xu*, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Yunfei ^a   Johnson, Carl Hirschie ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET); imaging assay; plant and mammalian cells; protein protein interaction; Renilla luciferase

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; SEEDLING; TOBACCO;

EID: 79953154390     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-901-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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