Fluorescent proteins for FRET microscopy: Monitoring protein interactions in living cells

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-350

  Day, Richard N ^a   Davidson, Michael W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptor photobleaching; Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Fluorescent protein; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

AEQUOREA FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DIMER; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; BLEACHING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUANTUM YIELD; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOBLEACHING;

EID: 84859867549     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100098     Document Type: Article

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