DySCo: quantitating associations of membrane proteins using two-color single-molecule tracking

Biophys J. 2009 Aug 19;97(4):L5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.046.

Abstract

We present a general method called dynamic single-molecule colocalization for quantitating the associations of single cell surface molecules labeled with distinct autofluorescent proteins. The chief advantages of the new quantitative approach are that, in addition to stable interactions, it is capable of measuring nonconstitutive associations, such as those induced by the cytoskeleton, and it is applicable to situations where the number of molecules is small.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / analysis*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / methods*
  • Molecular Probe Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / instrumentation*
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes