But scientists say that it has potential for even better resolution and for examining protein - protein interactions, particularly if
fluorescent labels of different colors can be applied to proteins.
A general method for site specific
fluorescent labeling of recombinant chemokines.
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Generation, purification, and testing of primary antibodies Gold -, enzyme - and
fluorescent labeling of secondary antibodies In situ hybridization Light - and electron microscopy
Not exact matches
While light - sheet microscopy is an old idea — scientists at ZEISS Microscopy and collaborators first came up with it in 1903 — only in this century has the convergence
of fluorescent labels that work to process image volumes combined to make light - sheet mainstream.
The system uses an enzyme called DNA polymerase to read a strand
of DNA and build a complementary strand out
of nucleotides
labeled with
fluorescent molecules.
Using
fluorescent labels, they were able to track the fates
of marked and unmarked chromosomes under the microscope, from egg cells and sperm to the dividing cells
of embryos after fertilization.
Developmental biologist Francesca Peri
of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and colleagues created genetically engineered versions
of the animals that produced microglia
labelled with green
fluorescent protein, a glowing compound frequently used in laboratory research.
Generic
labeling of proteins is achieved through
fluorescent - antibody binding.
In order to test the sensitivity and specificity
of spectral histopathology, the RUB team compared SHP with classical immunohistochemical methods, in which tumours are identified with the aid
of fluorescent labels.
One side
of each dumbbell was filled with a different short sequence
of DNA
labeled with a
fluorescent molecule.
Due to the usage
of lateral displacement, the nano - biomolecules can be detected in real - time and the detection is significantly faster in comparison to
fluorescent label based detection.
This novel
fluorescent label - free approach uses the lateral shifts in the position
of the microbead substrate in pillar arrays, for quantifying the biomolecules, based on the change in surface forces and size, without the need
of any external equipment.
The group employed various viral tracing methods — infecting receptor - expressing neurons with a virus strain and watching them spread as they
label infected cells with a
fluorescent protein — to visualize the neural circuit downstream
of the ESP1 receptor, as well as providing an image
of nerve fibers belonging to specific neurons in the brain and synapses relaying impulses from neuron to neuron, to map the anatomical foundation that conveys ESP1 signals in the brain.
Typically, detection
of biomolecules such as proteins are performed using colorimetric assays or
fluorescent labelling with a secondary antibody for detection, and requires complex optical detection equipment such as
fluorescent microscopy or spectrophotometry.
Biologists at the University
of Cambridge used
fluorescent labelling to stain cell membranes in skate embryos, and tracked them through the dynamic development process.
The group
of imaging specialists led by Prof. Michael Schäfers, Coordinator
of the Cluster
of Excellence,
labelled the cells thus obtained with various
fluorescent dyes in order to be able to study them in living organisms — initially with the optical method
of fluorescence reflectance imaging.
Instead, the new method, called patterned photoactivation non-linear SIM, begins by switching on just a subset
of fluorescent labels in a sample with a pattern
of light.
By
labeling the different subgroups with
fluorescent dyes, researchers determined that just one
of the subclones was responsible for the disease metastasis.
To generate an image, all
of the
fluorescent labels in a protein are switched on, then a wave
of light is used to deactivate most
of them.
They removed spermatogonia
labeled with a
fluorescent marker from a mature male trout and injected the cells into the abdomens
of newly hatched male and female trout fry.
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are drawing inspiration from neurons in the brain, such as these green
fluorescent protein -
labeled neurons in a mouse neocortex, with the aim
of developing neuro - inspired computing systems to reboot computing.
Specifically, cell cultures from bone tissue were incubated in 10 % DMEM containing 10 ng / ml TNF - α and 10 μg / ml
fluorescent probe
of acetylated LDL, DiI - Ac - LDL (Biochemical Technologies, Cambridge, MA), for 4 h. Cells were harvested in the manner described above with the exception that during this
labeling period, the rat anti-E-selectin mAb (10E9.6) conjugated to FITC replaced PE - conjugated 10E9.6.
They found that injecting into the carotid artery breast cancer cells that express markers allowing them to enter the brain — cells
labelled with bioluminescent and
fluorescent markers to enable tracking by imaging technologies — resulted in the formation
of many metastatic tumors throughout the brain, mimicking what is seen in advanced breast cancer patients.
We have placed
fluorescent labels on portions
of the tail regions
of Arabidopsis myosin XIs in order to determine whether they localize, and therefore what role a particular myosin may play in movement
of different types
of organelles.
«We trained the neural network by showing it two sets
of matching images
of the same cells; one unlabeled and one with
fluorescent labels,» explained Christiansen, software engineer at Google Accelerated Science.
By
labeling one
of the shell proteins with Yellow
Fluorescent Protein (YFP), we were able to use confocal fluorescence microscopy to observe punctuate loci forming inside chloroplasts.
The same principle lies behind the powerful and visually spectacular Brainbow cell -
labeling technique, in which each
labeled cell expresses a unique ratio
of three or four distinct colors
of fluorescent protein.
The membranes
of cells that have been successfully targeted with gesicles are transiently
labeled with red
fluorescent protein.
One common complaint about using four - color Confetti to
label single cells (in an animal) is that the cells express green
fluorescent protein less often, or sometimes not at all, compared with cells that express each
of the other three colors.
«We trained the neural network by showing it two sets
of matching images
of the same cells; one unlabeled and one with
fluorescent labels,» coauthor Eric Christiansen, a software engineer at Google Accelerated Science, says a press release.
Most colocalization methods are based on pixel overlap between the previously denoised signal that is emitted from two (or more) different
fluorescent labels, and use a global image correlation such as Pearson's
of Manders» coefficients.
The authors then tested the tumor targeting capability
of iPSC - EPCs
labelled with the near - infrared
fluorescent dye DiR in two established mouse breast cancer models.
Quantitative microscopy
of green
fluorescent protein -
labeled yeast.
Briefly, 15 μl
of 100 nm diameter rhodamine -
labelled fluorescent latex microsphere particles (LumaFluor Corp, Naples, USA) in 200 μl NaCl solution were injected i.v. 24 h before primary tumour removal.
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«It tells you about the ecosystem
of the tumour», Simona says, «using
fluorescent markers, we can
label many specific cell types and structures within the brain in the vicinity
of the tumour, and look not just at the tumour cells but how they interact with their surroundings.
In 2002, an offer to join the faculty
of MIT's Chemistry Department drew her back to the East Coast, where she was able to begin tackling the problem that had «repeatedly stymied» her throughout her PhD and postdoc years: site - specific protein
labeling — how to
label a particular protein with a
fluorescent tag or other «chemical probe» to reveal information about that protein's function.
(Right three images)
Labeled images created with three different
fluorescent labels, revealing invisible details
of cell nuclei (blue), dendrites (green), and axons (red).
Neurosurgeons are partnering with chemists to develop
fluorescent «
labels» that can pinpoint the location
of cancerous cells in the brain.
For example, with standard
fluorescent microscope filter sets, users can
label multiple proteins
of interest with a combination
of green and blue or cyan and yellow moxFPs.
To achieve even cell
labeling, they generated farnesylated derivatives
of the
fluorescent proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes.
Close - up
of muscle fibres in a zebrafish with the protein, actin,
labelled with green
fluorescent protein (GFP) Image credit: Elisabeth Busch, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
He used a
fluorescent marker called GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) to label the suspected prion - determining domains of these proteins and looked to see if they aggregated in cells - a sign that they may be misfolding and an indication of prion - lik
fluorescent marker called GFP (Green
Fluorescent Protein) to label the suspected prion - determining domains of these proteins and looked to see if they aggregated in cells - a sign that they may be misfolding and an indication of prion - lik
Fluorescent Protein) to
label the suspected prion - determining domains
of these proteins and looked to see if they aggregated in cells - a sign that they may be misfolding and an indication
of prion - like activity.
Because the embryo is transparent it is possible to use
fluorescent proteins to
label specific cells and their components, and then use this to watch the fate
of the cells in the presence or absence
of different genes.
T - tubules
of isolated cardiomyocytes from rodent models
of cardiac diseases are
labelled using
fluorescent dextran that diffuses from extracellular space to TATS lumen.
Neuron expressing a
fluorescent protein engineered by the Looger Lab was reconstructed from immunogold
labeled serial sections
of the mouse brain.
Researchers at SciLifeLab / Uppsala University headed by Johan Elf have used a combination
of microfluidics and image analysis
of E. coli with
fluorescent labels on the replication machinery to study how the replication and division cycles are coupled in individual cells.
For colocalization
of both tracers or one tracer together with ZENK signals, primary antibodies (Egr - 1 / ZENK, 1 ∶ 500; CtB, 1 ∶ 300 in PBS - T) were detected by an appropriate secondary antibody (polyclonal goat raised against rabbit IgG
labeled with
fluorescent dyes Alexa488; Molecular Probes Europe BV, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1 ∶ 400 in PBS - T).
Such an optical contrast exceeded the optical contrast
of the
fluorescent labels (that were targeted to C4 - 2B and HS - 5 cells using the same prostate cancer - specific PSMA antibody, see Figure 7B, D) by 31 times.