Construction, imaging, and analysis of FRET-based tension sensors in living cells

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-186

  LaCroix, Andrew S ^a   Rothenberg, Katheryn E ^a   Berginski, Matthew E ^a   Urs, Aarti N ^a   Hoffman, Brenton D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET); Image analysis; Mechanotransduction; Subcellular force measurement; Tension sensor

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBRONECTINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; VINCULIN;

EID: 84921851331     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2014.10.033     Document Type: Article

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