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. 2022 May 26;4(2):108-116.
doi: 10.1089/bioe.2022.0017. eCollection 2022 May.

Fluorescent Reporters for Sensing Membrane Potential: Tools for Bioelectricity

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Fluorescent Reporters for Sensing Membrane Potential: Tools for Bioelectricity

Richard H Kramer et al. Bioelectricity. .
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FIG. 1.
Molecular tools for voltage sensing. Fluorescent methods to image membrane potential include (a) electrochromic small molecules, (b) PeT-based voltage-sensitive fluorophores, (c) solvatochromic accumulation type dyes, (d) FRET or quenching-based redistribution, (e) fluorescent protein/voltage sensing domain fusions, (f) fluorescent opsins, (g) fluorescent protein–opsin electrochromic FRET pairs, and (h) chemigenetic opsin electrochromic FRET pairs. PeT, photo-induced electron transfer. Adapted from Current Opinion in Chemical Biology; and Biochemistry.

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