Crowders and cosolvents—major contributors to the cellular milieu and efficient means to counteract environmental stresses

M Gao, C Held, S Patra, L Arns, G Sadowski… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The free energy and conformational landscape of biomolecular systems as well as
biochemical reactions depend not only on temperature and pressure, but also on the …

A guide to small fluorescent probes for single-molecule biophysics

MC Leake, SD Quinn - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The explosive growth of single-molecule techniques is transforming our understanding of
biology, helping to develop new physics inspired by emergent biological processes, and …

Crowding in cellular environments at an atomistic level from computer simulations

M Feig, I Yu, P Wang, G Nawrocki… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effects of crowding in biological environments on biomolecular structure, dynamics, and
function remain not well understood. Computer simulations of atomistic models of …

A Rapid Sputum‐based Lateral Flow Assay for Airway Eosinophilia using an RNA‐cleaving DNAzyme Selected for Eosinophil Peroxidase

MM Ali, M Mukherjee, K Radford, Z Patel… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The first protein‐binding allosteric RNA‐cleaving DNAzyme (RCD) obtained by direct in vitro
selection against eosinophil peroxidase (EPX), a validated marker for airway eosinophilia, is …

Kinetic microscale thermophoresis for simultaneous measurement of binding affinity and kinetics

JAC Stein, A Ianeselli, D Braun - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale thermophoresis (MST) is a versatile technique to measure binding affinities of
binder–ligand systems, based on the directional movement of molecules in a temperature …

High‐Fidelity Determination and Tracing of Small Extracellular Vesicle Cargoes

X Chen, M Jia, L Liu, X Qiu, H Zhang, X Yu, W Gu… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Direct tracing of small extracellular vesicle (sEV) cargoes holds unprecedented importance
for elucidating the mechanisms involved in intercellular communication. However, high …

Single-photon smFRET. I: Theory and conceptual basis

A Saurabh, M Fazel, M Safar, I Sgouralis, S Pressé - Biophysical Reports, 2023 - cell.com
We present a unified conceptual framework and the associated software package for single-
molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) analysis from single-photon arrivals …

Molecular Compressive Force Sensor for Mapping Forces at the Cell–Substrate Interface

S Al Abdullatif, S Narum, Y Hu, J Rogers… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mechanical forces are crucial for biological processes such as T cell antigen recognition. A
suite of molecular tension probes to measure pulling forces have been reported over the …

Dynamics of G-Quadruplex Formation under Molecular Crowding

M Aznauryan, V Birkedal - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
G-quadruplex (G4) structures assemble from guanine-rich DNA sequences and are believed
to regulate several key cellular processes. G4 formation and conformational …

Macromolecular Crowding and DNA: Bridging the Gap between In Vitro and In Vivo

D Collette, D Dunlap, L Finzi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The cellular environment is highly crowded, with up to 40% of the volume fraction of the cell
occupied by various macromolecules. Most laboratory experiments take place in dilute …