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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2011

Reporting from the field: genetically encoded fluorescent reporters uncover signaling dynamics in living biological systems.

Sohum Mehta, Jin Zhang

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A Constellation of Fluorescent Biosensors to Illuminate the Galaxy of Protein Kinases.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sohum MehtaDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Jin Zhang

Funding

JHU-UMD Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079637 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WONDISFORD, FREDRIC E. · 2013 to 2017
$9.7M
Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP SignalingR01DK073368 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jin Zhang · 2006 to 2026
$7.6M
Creating a Genetically Encodable Nano-Compass to Navigate in Molecular NetworksDP1OD006419 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, JIN · 2009 to 2011
$2.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079637NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073368NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK073368NIH HHS DP1 OD006419NIH HHS DP1OD006419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-time visualization of a wide range of biochemical processes in living systems is being made possible through the development and application of genetically encoded fluorescent reporters. These versatile biosensors have proven themselves tailor-made to the study of signal transduction, and in this review, we discuss some of the unique insights that they continue to provide regarding the spatial organization and dynamic regulation of intracellular signaling networks. In addition, we explore the more recent push to expand the scope of biological phenomena that can be monitored using these reporters, while also considering the potential to integrate this highly adaptable technology with a number of emerging techniques that may significantly broaden our view of how networks of biochemical processes shape larger biological phenomena.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiosensing TechniquesCalciumFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIntracellular MembranesModels, MolecularSignal TransductionCalciumFluorescent DyesGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID21495849
PMCPMC4384825

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