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Review
. 2003 Mar 3;160(5):629-33.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.200210140.

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy imaging of live cell protein localizations

Rajesh Babu Sekar  1 , Ammasi Periasamy
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Review

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy imaging of live cell protein localizations

Rajesh Babu Sekar et al. J Cell Biol. .

Abstract

The current advances in fluorescence microscopy, coupled with the development of new fluorescent probes, make fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) a powerful technique for studying molecular interactions inside living cells with improved spatial (angstrom) and temporal (nanosecond) resolution, distance range, and sensitivity and a broader range of biological applications.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Confocal FRET analysis demonstrates that integrins induce local Rac–effector coupling. NIH-3T3 cells were microinjected with cDNAs encoding the indicated GFP–V12-Rac fusion proteins and then with Alexa–PBD protein (Pozo et al., 2002). Donor (A), uncorrected FRET (B), and corrected FRET (C) images are shown. In the color scale, red represents a high FRET signal and blue represents a low signal.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Localization of CFP– and YFP–C/EBPα proteins expressed in live mouse pituitary GHFT1-5 cells studied using Bio-Rad Laboratories MP-FRET microscopy. The donor (A), the uncorrected FRET (B), and processed FRET (C) images and their respective histograms (D, E, and F) representing the signal strength of the selected protein (Elangovan et al., 2003).
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