Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy imaging

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1076:503-19. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-649-8_22.

Abstract

Fluorescence can be characterized by its intensity, position, wavelength, lifetime, and polarization. The more of these features are acquired in a single measurement, the more can be learned about the sample, i.e., the microenvironment of the fluorescence probe. Polarization-resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging-time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy imaging, TR-FAIM-allows mapping of viscosity or binding or of homo-FRET which can indicate dimerization or generally oligomerization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dimerization
  • Fluorescence Polarization / methods*
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / methods*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Optical Imaging*
  • Viscosity