Evolution of BRET biosensors from live cell to tissue-scale in vivo imaging

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  De, Abhijit ^a   Jasani, Akshi ^a   Arora, Rohit ^a   Gambhir, Sanjiv S ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer; Cell based assay; Fluorescent proteins; Luciferase; Optical imaging; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886034427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00131     Document Type: Short Survey

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