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FRET Ventures Out of the Lab

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Gary Boas, News Editor

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) offers a unique means of visualizing biological activity. The technique uses two molecules, a donor and an acceptor. Upon excitation, if the molecules are close to one another, the donor transfers its energy to the acceptor, which then emits light. This energy transfer occurs only when the molecules are in proximity, so the emission can reflect, for example, ion binding or protein-protein interactions. Because of its unique capabilities, FRET contributes to a wide range of basic science studies: from measurement of conformational changes to...Read full article

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    Published: September 2006
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