Abstract
Various biological events including muscle contraction and vesicle transport can be described as a mechanical process. Many of the corresponding proteins are thus required to generate or sense a force. Here we describe a strain-sensitive yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) recombinant that can detect the intramolecular strains these proteins experience.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Drosophila
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Drosophila Proteins / genetics
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Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
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Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
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Kinesins / genetics
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Kinesins / metabolism
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Luminescent Proteins / genetics
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Luminescent Proteins / metabolism*
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Peptides / chemistry
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Peptides / metabolism
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Protein Engineering*
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
Substances
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Drosophila Proteins
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Luminescent Proteins
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Peptides
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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Khc protein, Drosophila
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Kinesins