Carbon nanotube biosensors

CM Tîlmaciu, MC Morris - Frontiers in chemistry, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nanomaterials possess unique features which make them particularly attractive for
biosensing applications. In particular, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can serve as scaffolds for …

Green fluorescent protein (GFP): applications, structure, and related photophysical behavior

M Zimmer - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
In the last 10 years green fluorescent protein (GFP) has changed from a nearly unknown
protein to a commonly used tool in molecular biology, medicine, and cell biology. GFP is …

Small molecule inhibition of the KRAS–PDEδ interaction impairs oncogenic KRAS signalling

G Zimmermann, B Papke, S Ismail, N Vartak… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The KRAS oncogene product is considered a major target in anticancer drug discovery,,.
However, direct interference with KRAS signalling has not yet led to clinically useful …

The phasor approach to fluorescence lifetime imaging analysis

MA Digman, VR Caiolfa, M Zamai, E Gratton - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
Changing the data representation from the classical time delay histogram to the phasor
representation provides a global view of the fluorescence decay at each pixel of an image …

Fluorescence imaging with near-infrared light: new technological advances that enable in vivo molecular imaging

V Ntziachristos, C Bremer, R Weissleder - European radiology, 2003 - Springer
A recent development in biomedical imaging is the non-invasive mapping of molecular
events in intact tissues using fluorescence. Underpinning to this development is the …

Synthetic multivalent ligands as probes of signal transduction

LL Kiessling, JE Gestwicki… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐surface receptors acquire information from the extracellular environment and
coordinate intracellular responses. Many receptors do not operate as individual entities, but …

The GDI-like solubilizing factor PDEδ sustains the spatial organization and signalling of Ras family proteins

A Chandra, HE Grecco, V Pisupati, D Perera… - Nature cell …, 2012 - nature.com
We identify a role for the GDI-like solubilizing factor (GSF) PDEδ in modulating signalling
through Ras family G proteins by sustaining their dynamic distribution in cellular …

Fluorescence molecular tomography resolves protease activity in vivo

V Ntziachristos, CH Tung, C Bremer, R Weissleder - 2002 - nature.com
Systematic efforts are under way to develop novel technologies that would allow molecular
sensing in intact organisms in vivo. Using near-infrared fluorescent molecular beacons and …

Signal transduction and endocytosis: close encounters of many kinds

A Sorkin, M Von Zastrow - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2002 - nature.com
Binding of hormones, growth factors and other cell modulators to cell-surface receptors
triggers a complex array of signal-transduction events. The activation of many receptors also …

Cytoplasmic foci are sites of mRNA decay in human cells

N Cougot, S Babajko, B Séraphin - The Journal of cell biology, 2004 - rupress.org
Understanding gene expression control requires defining the molecular and cellular basis of
mRNA turnover. We have previously shown that the human decapping factors hDcp2 and …