Chemical reactivation of quenched fluorescent protein molecules enables resin-embedded fluorescence microimaging

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xiong, Hanqing ^a,b   Zhou, Zhenqiao ^a,b   Zhu, Mingqiang ^a   Lv, Xiaohua ^a,b   Li, Anan ^a,b   Li, Shiwei ^a,b   Li, Longhui ^a,b   Yang, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Siming ^a,b   Yang, Zhongqin ^a,b   Xu, Tonghui ^a,b   Luo, Qingming ^a,b   Gong, Hui ^a,b   Zeng, Shaoqun ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; RESIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN; RESIN;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE PREPARATION; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUFFERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84901947456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4992     Document Type: Article

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