Calibrating Evanescent-Wave Penetration Depths for Biological TIRF Microscopy.

ABSTRACT: Roughly half of a cell's proteins are located at or near the plasma membrane. In this restricted space, the cell senses its environment, signals to its neighbors, and exchanges cargo through exo- and endocytotic mechanisms. Ligands bind to receptors, ions flow across channel pores, and transmitters and metabolites are transported against concentration gradients. Receptors, ion channels, pumps, and transporters are the molecular substrates of these biological processes, and they constitute important targets for drug discovery. Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy suppresses the background from the cell's deeper layers and provides contrast for selectively imaging dynamic processes near the basal membrane of live cells. The optical sectioning of TIRF is based on the excit

SUBMITTER: Oheim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6732530 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature