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SUBMITTER: Belyy V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5234080 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Belyy Vladislav V Shih Sheng-Min SM Bandaria Jigar J Huang Yongjian Y Lawrence Rosalie E RE Zoncu Roberto R Yildiz Ahmet A
Nature communications 20170110
Tracking single molecules inside cells reveals the dynamics of biological processes, including receptor trafficking, signalling and cargo transport. However, individual molecules often cannot be resolved inside cells due to their high density. Here we develop the PhotoGate technique that controls the number of fluorescent particles in a region of interest by repeatedly photobleaching its boundary. PhotoGate bypasses the requirement of photoactivation to track single particles at surface densitie ...[more]