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J Genevieve Park1, Amy E Palmer1.
Abstract
Genetically encoded, ratiometric, fluorescent Ca(2+) biosensors can be used in living cells to quantitatively measure free Ca(2+) concentrations in the cytosol or in organelles. This protocol describes how to perform a calibration of a Ca(2+) sensor expressed in cultured mammalian cells as images are acquired using a widefield fluorescence microscope. This protocol also explains how to calculate Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) ratios from acquired images and how to convert FRET ratios to Ca(2+) concentrations.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25561614 PMCID: PMC4968932 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot076547
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cold Spring Harb Protoc ISSN: 1559-6095