Quantitative fret measurement based on confocal microscopy imaging and partial acceptor photobleaching

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xiao Ping ^a   Yu, Huai Na ^b   Chen, Tong Sheng ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

caspase 3; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); living cells; partial acceptor photobleaching

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR PHOTOBLEACHING; CASPASE-3; CASPASE-3 ACTIVATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INDUCED APOPTOSIS; LIVE CELL; LIVING CELL; MEASUREMENT-BASED; POTENTIAL TOOL; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS; REGION OF INTEREST; STAUROSPORINES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

EID: 84865483246     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545812500150     Document Type: Article

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