TY - JOUR
T1 - Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins
AU - Lukyanov, Konstantin A.
AU - Chudakov, Dmitry M.
AU - Lukyanov, Sergey
AU - Verkhusha, Vladislav V.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - The fluorescence characteristics of photoactivatable proteins can be controlled by irradiating them with light of a specific wavelength, intensity and duration. This provides unique possibilities for the optical labelling and tracking of living cells, organelles and intracellular molecules in a spatio-temporal manner. Here, we discuss the properties of the available photoactivatable fluorescent proteins and their potential applications.
AB - The fluorescence characteristics of photoactivatable proteins can be controlled by irradiating them with light of a specific wavelength, intensity and duration. This provides unique possibilities for the optical labelling and tracking of living cells, organelles and intracellular molecules in a spatio-temporal manner. Here, we discuss the properties of the available photoactivatable fluorescent proteins and their potential applications.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrm1741
DO - 10.1038/nrm1741
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16167053
AN - SCOPUS:27644596367
SN - 1471-0072
VL - 6
SP - 885
EP - 891
JO - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
JF - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
IS - 11
ER -