Analysis of Protein Kinetics Using Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP).

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serval:BIB_5A606C915E91
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Analysis of Protein Kinetics Using Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP).
Journal
Methods in molecular biology
Author(s)
Giakoumakis N.N., Rapsomaniki M.A., Lygerou Z.
ISSN
1940-6029 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1064-3745
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
1563
Pages
243-267
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is a cutting-edge live-cell functional imaging technique that enables the exploration of protein dynamics in individual cells and thus permits the elucidation of protein mobility, function, and interactions at a single-cell level. During a typical FRAP experiment, fluorescent molecules in a defined region of interest within the cell are bleached by a short and powerful laser pulse, while the recovery of the fluorescence in the region is monitored over time by time-lapse microscopy. FRAP experimental setup and image acquisition involve a number of steps that need to be carefully executed to avoid technical artifacts. Equally important is the subsequent computational analysis of FRAP raw data, to derive quantitative information on protein diffusion and binding parameters. Here we present an integrated in vivo and in silico protocol for the analysis of protein kinetics using FRAP. We focus on the most commonly encountered challenges and technical or computational pitfalls and their troubleshooting so that valid and robust insight into protein dynamics within living cells is gained.
Keywords
Animals, Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching/methods, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods, Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods, Molecular Imaging/methods, Proteins/metabolism, Software, Statistics as Topic/methods, Artificial neural networks, Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, Live-cell imaging, Parameter inference, Protein kinetics, Stochastic hybrid models, easyFRAP
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Web of science
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