Quantifying the influence of yellow fluorescent protein photoconversion on acceptor photobleaching-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Seitz, Arne ^a,b   Terjung, Stefan ^a   Zimmermann, Timo ^a,c   Pepperkok, Rainer ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Microscopy; Quantitative imaging

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOBLEACHING; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84861431290     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.1.011010     Document Type: Article

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