Design and development of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors to monitor intracellular chemical and physical parameters

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-138

  Germond, Arno ^a   Fujita, Hideaki ^a,b   Ichimura, Taro ^a   Watanabe, Tomonobu M ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescent measurement; Fluorescent protein; Genetically encoded; Green fluorescent protein; Intracellular sensor; Probe design

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; DYE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN ABSORBING PROTEORHODOPSIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL PH; CHROMATOPHORE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICALLY ENCODED FLUORESCENT SENSOR; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALORUBRUM SODOMENSE; IMAGING; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR CROWDING; MUTATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84971222523     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-016-0195-9     Document Type: Review

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