Hydrophobic Fluorescent Probes Introduce Artifacts into Single Molecule Tracking Experiments Due to Non-Specific Binding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Zanetti Domingues, Laura C ^a   Tynan, Christopher J ^a   Rolfe, Daniel J ^a   Clarke, David T ^a   Martin Fernandez, Marisa ^a  

^a Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BINDING KINETICS; BLEACHING; BREAST CANCER; BRIGHTNESS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ARTIFACTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84884182966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074200     Document Type: Article

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