title: Genetic probes: new ways to watch cells in action.
abstract: Visualizing fast physiological changes in small living cells, such as synaptic transmission in a neural circuit, is a fundamental problem in biology. Progress towards this goal is being made with the development of new types of protein sensor that can be targeted within cells and organisms.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Computation and Neural Systems Pasadena, California 06520, USA. siegel@cns.caltech.edu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes