A starting point for fluorescence-based single-molecule measurements in biomolecular research

A Gust, A Zander, A Gietl, P Holzmeister, S Schulz… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Single-molecule fluorescence techniques are ideally suited to provide information about the
structure-function-dynamics relationship of a biomolecule as static and dynamic …

Choose your label wisely: water-soluble fluorophores often interact with lipid bilayers

LD Hughes, RJ Rawle, SG Boxer - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Water-soluble organic fluorophores are widely used as labels in biological systems.
However, in many cases these fluorophores can interact strongly with lipid bilayers …

Affimer proteins are versatile and renewable affinity reagents

C Tiede, R Bedford, SJ Heseltine, G Smith, I Wijetunga… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Molecular recognition reagents are key tools for understanding biological processes and are
used universally by scientists to study protein expression, localisation and interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Choosing the probe for single-molecule fluorescence microscopy

C Schirripa Spagnolo, S Luin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Probe choice in single-molecule microscopy requires deeper evaluations than those
adopted for less sensitive fluorescence microscopy studies. Indeed, fluorophore …

Hydrophobic fluorescent probes introduce artifacts into single molecule tracking experiments due to non-specific binding

LC Zanetti-Domingues, CJ Tynan, DJ Rolfe, DT Clarke… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Single-molecule techniques are powerful tools to investigate the structure and dynamics of
macromolecular complexes; however, data quality can suffer because of weak specific …

Surface passivation with a perfluoroalkane brush improves the precision of single-molecule measurements

CJ Bueno-Alejo, M Santana Vega… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule imaging is invaluable for investigating the heterogeneous behavior and
interactions of biological molecules. However, an impediment to precise sampling of single …

Solid immersion microscopy images cells under cryogenic conditions with 12 nm resolution

L Wang, B Bateman, LC Zanetti-Domingues… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy plays a crucial role in our understanding of cell
structure and function by reporting cellular ultrastructure with 20–30 nm resolution. However …

[HTML][HTML] The cyclophilin-dependent calcineurin inhibitor voclosporin inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in cell culture

NS Ogando, E Metscher, DJAR Moes… - Transplant …, 2022 - frontierspartnerships.org
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk for a more severe course of COVID-
19, due to their pre-existing comorbidity and immunosuppression. Consensus protocols …

Surface passivation of zero-mode waveguide nanostructures: benchmarking protocols and fluorescent labels

S Patra, M Baibakov, JB Claude, J Wenger - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Zero mode waveguide (ZMW) nanoapertures efficiently confine the light down to the
nanometer scale and overcome the diffraction limit in single molecule fluorescence analysis …

Super-resolution imaging of spatial heterogeneities in model thermosensitive hydrogels with implications for their origins

GS Kenath, AA Karanastasis, CK Ullal - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional nanoscale cross-link density variations are an important and
incompletely understood morphological aspect of polymer gels. Here, within the context of …