Using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer to measure ion channel assembly

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 491, Issue , 2008, Pages 189-197

  Whitaker, Gina M ^a   Accili, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer; Heteromer; Homomer; Ion channel assembly; Protein protein interactions; Subunit; Tetramer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934434475     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-526-8_15     Document Type: Article

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