Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
...interaction that increases FRET transfer between the fluorescent proteins. FRET is highly amenable to biosensor...biosensor creation, and custom FRET biosensors can be created using the cpFRET kit created by Olivier Pertz... increases in fluorescence of up to 11,000-fold.
FRET biosensors are another common class of biosensors... Tsien’s lab contain two fluorescent proteins (a FRET pair) separated by CaM and M13. When calcium binds...such as the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), vacuole or cellular membranes. Examples ...