title: Getting to grips with ammonium.
abstract: A fluorescent sensor that can monitor levels of extracellular ammonium has been made by using a fused green fluorescent protein to detect conformational changes in ammonium transport proteins.
authors.affiliation: is in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Molecular Recognition , Columbia University , New York , United States , and the Division of Molecular Therapeutics , New York State Psychiatric Institute , New York , United States yw2483@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Javitch
mesh_terms: D064751:Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064751:Ammonium Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
keywords: Arabidopsis; GFP; ammonium; biosensor; fluorescent probes; transport; transport proteins