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Re: slowing down or immobilizing (somewhat) purified fluorescent protein

Posted by Michelle Peckham on Jun 28, 2013; 9:03pm
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/slowing-down-or-immobilizing-somewhat-purified-fluorescent-protein-tp7580579p7580582.html

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Hi again

This is taken from our Methods paper back in 2003 (Methods 29 (2003)
142­152)


Control coverslips, which were sparsely decorated
with single GFP fluorophores, were created by incubating
the coverslip with a low concentration of anti-
GFP antibody, blocking with 1 mg/ml bovine serum
albumin, and then incubating with a solution of about
10nM GFP. Coverslips were then viewed using TIRFM.
Individual GFP fluorophores could be identified as
separate objects that exhibited either one- or two-step
photobleaching (Fig. 7). These control slides were important
in setting up the TIRFM apparatus and in establishing
single-fluorophore sensitivity.



Hope that helps. If you want the whole paper - let me know.

Al best

Michelle

On 28/06/2013 21:06, "Jen Jackson" <[hidden email]> wrote:

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>Thanks for your response.  I would prefer the molecules for the have even
>more mobility so to test temporal resolution.  But antibodies are a great
>start- can you recommend any protocol for attaching antibodies to a
>coverslip (just use poly-d-lysine, or?).