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Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) of Fluorescence Tagged Proteins in Dendritic Spines of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons
Published on: April 16, 2011
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) with a focus on F-actin
1Department of Basic Sciences, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, Georgia, USA.
Abstract:
In this unit on fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), an imaging approach to study protein-protein interactions in situ is described. The protocols presented use confocal microscopy to examine the mobility of a fluorescent protein by measuring the recovery of the protein in a bleached area. The data gained in FRAP studies is qualitative and yields insight into relative binding affinity, binding characteristics, and the effect of treatments or mutations on protein mobility.

