title: Visualizing biochemical activities in living cells.
abstract: Autofluorescent proteins have become indispensable in our quest to visualize molecular events in living cells. Further progress in the visualization and quantification of all biochemical activities of the cell will require the introduction of additional and complementary methods for sensing and probing biomolecules. Here I highlight some of the areas where the development of new probes and labeling methods is eagerly awaited and where chemical biologists could make important contributions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. kai.johnsson@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D015335:Molecular Probes
chemical_list: D015335:Molecular Probes; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins