Single Molecule Probe Scanning Optical Force Imaging Microscopefor Viewing Live Cells
Single Molecule Probe Scanning Optical Force Imaging Microscopefor Viewing Live Cells
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用于观察活细胞的单分子探针扫描光力成像显微镜
DOI:
10.1023/a:1021282504628
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
A. Kusumi
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Ritchie;A. Kusumi
We have developed an imaging system that combines the soft compliance of an optical trap with the sensitivity of single particle tracking to image forces on/in live cells using a single molecule probe. The probe used is a single (or few) molecule of interest that is conjugated with a single 40 nm colloidalgold probe. The colloidal gold/membrane protein complex, freely diffusing on a live cell, is held in a laser trap while the cell is scanned underneath. Computer control allows for synchronization of the cell scan and capture of the probe position. Resistance to the dragging of the probe images a fine structure of barriers in the membrane of live cells.