FRET Sensor to Measure Crowding inside Cells (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

FRET Sensor to Measure Crowding inside Cells

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The sensor is an artificial protein that contains a V-shaped spring and two fluorescent domains. Crowding (excluded volume effect) forces these two domains closer together, increasing fluorescence through Förster resonance energy transfer.

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GBB/ZIAM, University of Groningen

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