Engineering genetically encoded FRET sensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 11691-11713

  Lindenburg, Laurens ^a   Merkx, Maarten ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Directed evolution; Fluorescent proteins; FRET; Multiparameter imaging; Protein engineering; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS;

DIRECTED EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FRET; MULTIPARAMETERS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84903703514     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140711691     Document Type: Review

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