Evidence Hub

Three-Dimensional Tracking of Quantum Dot-Conjugated Molecules in Living Cells

Gardini L, Calamai M, Hatakeyama H, Kanzaki M, Capitanio M, Pavone FS

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2018

Abstract

Here, we describe protocols for three-dimensional tracking of single quantum dot-conjugated molecules with nanometer accuracy in living cells using conventional fluorescence microscopy. The technique exploits out-of-focus images of single emitters combined with an automated pattern-recognition open-source software that fits the images with proper model functions to extract the emitter coordinates. We describe protocols for targeting quantum dots to both membrane components and cytosolic proteins.

Read the paper

Related studies

Go deeper in Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.

Open this study Sign up free