In vivo quantification of g protein coupled receptor interactions using spectrally resolved two-photon microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 47, 2010, Pages

  Stoneman, Michael ^a   Singh, Deo ^a   Raicu, Valerica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Biology; Forster (Fluorescence) Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET); G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); In vivo determinations; Issue 47; Protein complex; Protein protein interactions; Spectral resolution; Sterile 2 alpha factor protein (Ste2p); Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355132961     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2247     Document Type: Article

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