Quantum dot-fluorescent protein fret probes for sensing intracellular pH

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2917-2924

  Dennis, Allison M ^a   Rhee, Won Jong ^b   Sotto, David ^a   Dublin, Steven N ^a   Bao, Gang ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FRET; GFP like fluorescent protein; intracellular sensing; pH sensing; quantum dot

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; EMISSION RATIO; ENDOSOMES; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FRET; INTACT CELLS; INTRACELLULAR PH; INTRACELLULAR SENSING; LIVING CELL; ORGANIC FLUOROPHORES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; PH IMAGING; PH RANGE; PH SENSING; PH SENSITIVE; PH-SENSITIVE INDICATORS; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOSTABLE; RATIOMETRIC; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SUBCELLULAR COMPARTMENTS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PH SENSORS; PROBES; PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; VISUALIZATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOTOPROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PH;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOBLEACHING; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84860379631     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2038077     Document Type: Article

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