TABLE 1

Mean FRET efficiency

Mean FRET efficiencies (E) for each combination of FP-tagged subunits. n refers to number of cells tested.

Cell IDSubunit CombinationMean E ± S.E.M.n
α7Yβ2Cα7-YFPβ2-CFP23.3 ± 1.88
α7Cβ2Yα7-CFPβ2-YFP34.6 ± 3.512
α4Yβ2Cα4-YFPβ2-CFP27.9 ± 1.616
α7Y-GCβCα7-YFPGCβ-CFP−2.7 ± 2.37
α7C-GCαYα7-CFPGCα-YFP−4.9 ± 2.25
β2C-GCαYβ2-CFPGCα-YFP−1.5 ± 2.29
GCαY-GCβCGCα-YFPGCβ-CFP24.5 ± 3.06