Fluorescent Biosensors for Measuring Autophagic Flux
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...because it turns a dynamic process into a static measurement and it provides limited information about what...fluorescent autophagy reporters now allows for the measurement of autophagic flux, or the changes in autophagic...strength excited at 586 nm to 440 nm serves as a measure of autophagy induction: when Keima is in the cytosol...is high. When untargeted, Keima can be used to measure bulk autophagy, but the addition of a mitochondria-targeting...3B, or LC3. LC3 is a commonly used marker for measuring autophagic flux. mRFP-GFP-LC3 functions as an ...18094608.
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