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Labeling on the surface

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A strategy for labeling cell-surface proteins in living cells with small-molecule fluorophores allowed scientists to study receptor trafficking by single-cell FRET imaging in real time.

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Kaganman, I. Labeling on the surface. Nat Methods 2, 808 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1105-808b

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