Quantification of Förster resonance energy transfer by monitoring sensitized emission in living plant cells

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Müller, Sara M ^a   Galliardt, Helena ^a   Schneider, Jessica ^a   George Barisas, B ^b   Seidel, Thorsten ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent protein; Forster resonance energy transfer; Quantitative imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888610856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00413     Document Type: Review

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