Red fluorescent protein-aequorin fusions as improved bioluminescent Ca2+ reporters in single cells and mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bakayan, Adil ^a   Vaquero, Cecilia F ^a   Picazo, Fernando ^a   Llopis, Juan ^a  

^a University of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM ION; HYBRID PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUS; SCYPHOZOA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AEQUORIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; DNA PRIMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 79955907733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019520     Document Type: Article

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