| Literature DB >> 25255882 |
En Cai1, Pinghua Ge, Sang Hak Lee, Okunola Jeyifous, Yong Wang, Yanxin Liu, Katie M Wilson, Sung Jun Lim, Michelle A Baird, John E Stone, Kwan Young Lee, Michael W Davidson, Hee Jung Chung, Klaus Schulten, Andrew M Smith, William N Green, Paul R Selvin.
Abstract
We developed a coating method to produce functionalized small quantum dots (sQDs), about 9 nm in diameter, that were stable for over a month. We made sQDs in four emission wavelengths, from 527 to 655 nm and with different functional groups. AMPA receptors on live neurons were labeled with sQDs and postsynaptic density proteins were visualized with super-resolution microscopy. Their diffusion behavior indicates that sQDs access the synaptic clefts significantly more often than commercial QDs.Entities:
Keywords: AMPA receptors; fluorescent probes; quantum dots; single-molecule studies
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25255882 PMCID: PMC4240739 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405735
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336