Preferred Label : fluorescence recovery after photobleaching;
MeSH definition : A method used to study the lateral movement of MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS. A small
area of a cell membrane is bleached by laser light and the amount of time necessary
for unbleached fluorescent marker-tagged proteins to diffuse back into the bleached
site is a measurement of the cell membrane's fluidity. The diffusion coefficient of
a protein or lipid in the membrane can be calculated from the data. (From Segen, Current
Med Talk, 1995).;
MeSH synonym : fluorescence photobleaching recovery; frap (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching); fraps (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching;
Origin ID : D036681;
UMLS CUI : C1138405;
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A method used to study the lateral movement of MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS. A small
area of a cell membrane is bleached by laser light and the amount of time necessary
for unbleached fluorescent marker-tagged proteins to diffuse back into the bleached
site is a measurement of the cell membrane's fluidity. The diffusion coefficient of
a protein or lipid in the membrane can be calculated from the data. (From Segen, Current
Med Talk, 1995).
