Nuclear trafficking of stat proteins visualized by live cell imaging

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 967, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-202

  Cimica, Velasco ^a   Reich, Nancy C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence loss in photobleaching; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; Green fluorescence protein; Live cell imaging; Photoactivation; Region of interest; Signal transducer and activator of transcription

Indexed keywords

STAT PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

FLUORESCENCE LOSS IN PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUOROMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVE CELL IMAGING; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PHOTOACTIVATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOBLEACHING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84878756646     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-242-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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