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Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A method used to study the lateral movement of MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS. A small area of a cell membrane is bleached by laser light and the amount of time necessary for unbleached fluorescent marker-tagged proteins to diffuse back into the bleached site is a measurement of the cell membrane's fluidity. The diffusion coefficient of a protein or lipid in the membrane can be calculated from the data. (From Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fluorescence Photobleaching Recovery
  • FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)

In other languages

  • French

  • FRAP
  • Recouvrement de fluorescence après photoblanchiment
  • Récupération de fluorescence après photoblanchiment
  • Récupération de fluorescence après photodécoloration
  • Restauration de la fluorescence après photoblanchiment

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