Single molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been applied, for the first time, to monitor the growth (polymerization) and the shrinkage (depolymerization) of the dynamic microtubules, employing EGFP (attached to Mal3) as a donor and alexa-568 bound to tubulin as an acceptor. This journal © the Owner Societies 2015

Surajit Ghosh

Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering

IIT Jodhpur

P. Mondal

S. Chattoraj

R. Chowdhury

D. Bhunia

K. Bhattacharyya

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Direct observation of the growth and shrinkage of microtubules by single molecule Förster resonance energy transfer

Journal	Data powered by TypesetPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Publisher	Data powered by TypesetRoyal Society of Chemistry
ISSN	14639076