smFRET

S1M3F4R1E1T1

noun

single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer

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Meanings

nounsmFRET (plural smFRETs)

plural smFRETs

  1. natural sciencessingle-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer
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    2010, DeRocco et al., "Four-color single-molecule fluorescence with noncovalent dye labeling to monitor dynamic multimolecular complexes", BioTechniques, vol 49, no 5, pg. 810. We confirmed that the same sample when measured with our two-color smFRET microscope yielded consistent FRET efficiency results (0.31) when using γ specific for that instrument (0.94).

Origin

from sm (single-molecule) + FRET (Förster resonance energy transfer)

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