NEAR-FIELD FLUORESCENT IMAGING OF SINGLE PROTEINS

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DUNN, RC [1 ]
ALLEN, EV [1 ]
JOYCE, SA [1 ]
ANDERSON, GA [1 ]
XIE, XS [1 ]
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[1] PACIFIC NW LAB, MOLEC SCI RES CTR, RICHLAND, WA 99352 USA
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10.1016/0304-3991(94)00121-3
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We report the results of our initial efforts to image photosynthetic proteins using the near-field technique. Allophycocyanin trimers, which contains six chromophores each, were dispersed onto a glass cover slip, and the fluorescence was imaged using a recently constructed near-field microscope. The results show that the emission from single proteins can be detected and localized on the nanometer scale.
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