One of the major challenges of modern biology and medicine consists in
finding means to visualize biomolecules in their natural environment
with the greatest level of accuracy, so as to gain insight into their
properties and behaviour in a physiological and pathological setting.
This has been achieved thanks to the design of novel imaging agents,
in particular to fluorescent biosensors.
Fluorescence Biosensors comprise a large set of tools which are useful
for fundamental purposes as well as for applications in biomedicine,
drug discovery and biotechnology. These tools have been designed and
engineered thanks to the combined efforts of chemists and biologists
over the last decade, and developed hand in hand together with imaging
technologies.
This volume will convey the many exciting developments the field of
fluorescent biosensors and reporters has witnessed over the recent
years, from concepts to applications, including chapters on the
chemistry of fluorescent probes, on technologies for monitoring
protein/protein interactions and technologies for imaging biosensors
in cultured cells and in vivo. Other chapters are devoted to specific
examples of genetically-encoded reporters, or to protein and peptide
biosensors, together with examples illustrating their application to
cellular and in vivo imaging, biomedical applications, drug discovery
and high throughput screening.
Key features:
* Contributions from leading authorities * Informs and updates on all
the latest developments in the field
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780123869517
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Academic Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
416
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