Investigating protein-protein interactions in living cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1324-1340

  Sun, Yuansheng ^a   Day, Richard N ^b   Periasamy, Ammasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEADY STATE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052399465     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.364     Document Type: Article

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