This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Our lab specializes in fluorescence imaging of Z-band proteins during development of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells. Currently we are applying intensity-based FRET-imaging techniques to cells expressing CFP and YFP fusions with several Z-band proteins. (alpha-actinin, myozenin, telethonin) in an attempt to better understand their changing arrangement during development. Because artifacts and concentration effects make interpretation of steady-state data difficult, we want to apply lifetime imaging to get less ambiguous measurements of FRET efficiencies for several donor-acceptor paris. We also hope to be able to compare FRET efficiencies between pairs and between cells imaged at different development stages of the cells.
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