GAP, an aequorin-based fluorescent indicator for imaging Ca2+ in organelles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2584-2589

  Rodriguez Garcia, Arancha ^a   Rojo Ruiz, Jonathan ^a   Navas Navarro, Paloma ^a   Aulestia, Francisco Javier ^a   Gallego Sandin, Sonia ^a   Garcia Sancho, Javier ^a   Alonso, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a Universidad de Valladolid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium signalling; Golgi apparatus; Hippocampus; Motor neuron

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAGNESIUM; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; PROTEIN GAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOSTABILITY;

CALCIUM SIGNALLING; GOLGI APPARATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOTOR NEURON;

AEQUORIN; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR IMAGING; ORGANELLES;

EID: 84894327304     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316539111     Document Type: Article

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