Section Overview:
The field of cell biology is rapidly being transformed by the application of fluorescent proteins as fusion tags to track dynamic behavior in living cells. In this regard, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is often employed to selectively destroy fluorescent molecules within a region of interest with a high-intensity laser, followed by monitoring the recovery of new fluorescent molecules into the bleached area over a period of time with low-intensity laser light. The resulting information can be used to determine kinetic properties, including the diffusion coefficient, mobile fraction, and transport rate of the fluorescently labeled molecules. The selected references below point to important literature sources for information on FRAP with fluorescent proteins.
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