Development of an automated fluorescence microscopy system for photomanipulation of genetically encoded photoactivatable proteins (Optogenetics) in live cells

Microscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 255-260

  Araki, Nobukazu ^a   Ikeda, Yuka ^a   Kato, Takuma ^a   Kawai, Katsuhisa ^a   Egami, Youhei ^a   Miyake, Katsuya ^a   Tsurumaki, Nobuhide ^b   Yamaguchi, Mitsunari ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Leica Microsystems KK   (Japan)

^c MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscope; Live cell imaging; Macro program imaging software; Optogenetics; Photomanipulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MICROSCOPES; PHOTOBLEACHING;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LIVE CELL; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; MACRO PROGRAM; MACRO PROGRAM IMAGING SOFTWARE; MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATABLE; PHOTOMANIPULATION;

PROTEINS;

RAC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MOUSE; OPTOGENETICS; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CELLS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTOGENETICS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84901375877     PISSN: 20505698     EISSN: 20505701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfu003     Document Type: Article

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