Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks

EC Greenwald, S Mehta, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellular signaling networks are the foundation which determines the fate and function of
cells as they respond to various cues and stimuli. The discovery of fluorescent proteins over …

The growing and glowing toolbox of fluorescent and photoactive proteins

EA Rodriguez, RE Campbell, JY Lin, MZ Lin… - Trends in biochemical …, 2017 - cell.com
Over the past 20 years, protein engineering has been extensively used to improve and
modify the fundamental properties of fluorescent proteins (FPs) with the goal of adapting …

Seeing beyond the limit: A guide to choosing the right super-resolution microscopy technique

J Valli, A Garcia-Burgos, LM Rooney… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Super-resolution microscopy has become an increasingly popular and robust tool across the
life sciences to study minute cellular structures and processes. However, with the increasing …

An introduction to optical super-resolution microscopy for the adventurous biologist

J Vangindertael, R Camacho, W Sempels… - … and applications in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Ever since the inception of light microscopy, the laws of physics have seemingly thwarted
every attempt to visualize the processes of life at its most fundamental, sub-cellular, level …

Biased signaling due to oligomerization of the G protein-coupled platelet-activating factor receptor

J Liu, H Tang, C Xu, S Zhou, X Zhu, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important drug targets that mediate various
signaling pathways by activating G proteins and engaging β-arrestin proteins. Despite its …

Genetically encoded biosensors for visualizing live-cell biochemical activity at super-resolution

GCH Mo, B Ross, F Hertel, P Manna, X Yang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Compartmentalized biochemical activities are essential to all cellular processes, but there is
no generalizable method to visualize dynamic protein activities in living cells at a resolution …

Split green fluorescent proteins: scope, limitations, and outlook

MG Romei, SG Boxer - Annual review of biophysics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Many proteins can be split into fragments that spontaneously reassemble, without covalent
linkage, into a functional protein. For split green fluorescent proteins (GFPs), fragment …

Genetically encoded biosensors based on fluorescent proteins

H Kim, J Ju, HN Lee, H Chun, J Seong - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Genetically encoded biosensors based on fluorescent proteins (FPs) allow for the real-time
monitoring of molecular dynamics in space and time, which are crucial for the proper …

Genetically encodable fluorescent and bioluminescent biosensors light up signaling networks

X Zhou, S Mehta, J Zhang - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Cell signaling networks are intricately regulated in time and space to determine the
responses and fates of cells to different cues. Genetically encodable fluorescent and …

Live‐cell imaging of cell signaling using genetically encoded fluorescent reporters

Q Ni, S Mehta, J Zhang - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Synergistic advances in fluorescent protein engineering and live‐cell imaging techniques in
recent years have fueled the concurrent development and application of genetically …