Visualization of caspase-3-like activity in cells using a genetically encoded fluorescent biosensor activated by protein cleavage

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Jiao ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Cui, Wenjing ^a   Wang, Wenwen ^a   Zhang, Huamei ^a   Liu, Lu ^a   Zhang, Zicheng ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Ying, Guoguang ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Li, Binghui ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

APOPTOSIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; VISUALIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84880382817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3157     Document Type: Article

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