fluorescence recovery after photobleaching

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  • FRAP
German: Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching
Japanese: 蛍光退色後回復測定

Biochemistry. A method used to study the lateral movement of membrane proteins and lipids and the membrane fluidity. An area of the cell surface labelled with a fluorescent probe is bleached by laser light. The bleached patch will gradually recover fluorescence due to the diffusion of unbleached molecules.

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