title: Photoactivation and imaging of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins.
abstract: A major advance in the microscopic study of cells and tissues is the introduction of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins, which can specifically mark proteins of interest within a living cell. Fluorescent proteins are now available that allow a pool of molecules to be "turned on" by photoactivation. This unit discusses technical aspects for the general use of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins and introduces some specific applications in the concluding remarks.
authors: Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors: George H
authors: GH
authors: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D038761:Photobleaching; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins