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Lighting Up the Pathways to Caspase Activation Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation
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Lighting Up the Pathways to Caspase Activation Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation

Lighting Up the Pathways to Caspase Activation Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation

DOI:
10.3791/57316-v

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08:47 min

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March 05, 2018

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1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology,Baylor College of Medicine, 2Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,Baylor College of Medicine

Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 00:36Transfection of Cells to Introduce the Caspase Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) Components
  • 02:42Three-dimensional Imaging of Caspase BiFC
  • 05:00Time-lapse Imaging of Caspase BiFC
  • 06:19Results: Visualization of Caspase Activation Pathways Using Caspase Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation
  • 07:37Conclusion

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This protocol describes caspase Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC); an imaging-based method that can be used to visualize induced proximity of initiator caspases, which is the first step in their activation.

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Caspase ActivationBimolecular Fluorescence ComplementationInduced ProximityApoptotic Cell DeathInitiator CaspasesTransfectionReporter PlasmidBiFC PlasmidDNA Lipid ComplexMicroscopy

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