Aequorin-based genetic approaches to visualize Ca 2+ signaling in developing animal systems

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1820, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1160-1168

  Webb, Sarah E ^a   Miller, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aequorin luminescence; Apoaequorin expression; Coelenterazine; Developmental Ca 2 + signaling; Intact embryo and animal

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; APOAEQUORIN; CALCIUM ION; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM IMAGING TECHNIQUE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN APOAEQUORIN GENE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLEURODELES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STABLE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AEQUORIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862140523     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.12.008     Document Type: Review

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