Abstract
Confocal fluorescence microscopy coupled with a diffraction-limited laser beam and a high-efficiency detection system has been used to study the diffusive movement and emission process of individual fluorescent molecules in the liquid phase at room temperature. The high detection sensitivity achieved at fast data acquisition speeds (greater than 1 kilohertz) allows real-time observation of single-molecule fluorescence without statistical analysis. The results show fluorescence-cycle saturation at the single-molecule level and multiple recrossings of a single molecule into and out of the probe volume as well as the triplet state.
References
36
Referenced
482
10.1126/science.265.5170.364
-
ASIMOV, M.M., LASER PHOTOLYSIS OF LASER-DYES AND THE INFLUENCE OF TRIPLET QUENCHERS, JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE 46: 243 (1990).
(
10.1016/0022-2313(90)90020-C
) / JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE (1990) - AUZANNEAU, I, COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES 316: 459 (1993). / COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES (1993)
10.1126/science.251.5000.1468
10.1126/science.257.5067.189
10.1126/science.262.5138.1422
-
BUSTAMANTE, C, DIRECT OBSERVATION AND MANIPULATION OF SINGLE DNA-MOLECULES USING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 20: 415 (1991).
(
10.1146/annurev.bb.20.060191.002215
) / ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (1991) - Dempster, D. N., Journal of Photochemistry 2: 343 (1974). / Journal of Photochemistry (1974)
- EIGEN, M, SORTING SINGLE MOLECULES - APPLICATION TO DIAGNOSTICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOTECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 91: 5740 (1994). / PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1994)
- Feller W. An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications 3 (1968).
- GUTTLER, F, FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY OF SINGLE MOLECULES, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 217: 393 (1994). / CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS (1994)
- ISHIKAWA, M, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS 33: 1571 (1994). / JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS (1994)
10.1126/science.8248804
-
KOPPEL, D.E., STATISTICAL ACCURACY IN FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY, PHYSICAL REVIEW A 10: 1938 (1974).
(
10.1103/PhysRevA.10.1938
) / PHYSICAL REVIEW A (1974) -
Elson, E. L., Biopolymers 13: 1 (1974).
(
10.1002/bip.1974.360130102
) / Biopolymers (1974) -
MAGDE, D, FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY .2. EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATION, BIOPOLYMERS 13: 29 (1974).
(
10.1002/bip.1974.360130103
) / BIOPOLYMERS (1974) 10.1126/science.265.5168.46
-
MORIKAWA, K, VISUALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL DNA-MOLECULES IN SOLUTION BY LIGHT-MICROSCOPY - DAPI STAINING METHOD, JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 89: 693 (1981).
(
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a133247
) / JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY (1981) -
NG, K.C., Analytical Chemistry 64: 2914 (1992).
(
10.1021/ac00047a007
) / Analytical Chemistry (1992) -
NGUYEN, D.C., DETECTION OF SINGLE MOLECULES OF PHYCOERYTHRIN IN HYDRODYNAMICALLY FOCUSED FLOWS BY LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 59: 2158 (1987).
(
10.1021/ac00144a032
) / ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (1987) -
ORRIT, M, HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC-MOLECULES IN SOLIDS - FROM FLUORESCENCE LINE NARROWING AND HOLE-BURNING TO SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 97: 10256 (1993).
(
10.1021/j100142a003
) / JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (1993) - PECK, K, SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE DETECTION - AUTO-CORRELATION CRITERION AND EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATION WITH PHYCOERYTHRIN, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 86: 4087 (1989). / PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1989)
10.1126/science.8171335
10.1126/science.8171336
-
QIAN, H, ANALYSIS OF CONFOCAL LASER-MICROSCOPE OPTICS FOR 3-D FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY, APPLIED OPTICS 30: 1185 (1991).
(
10.1364/AO.30.001185
) / APPLIED OPTICS (1991) -
RAMPINO, N.J., APPARATUS FOR GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF INDIVIDUAL DNA-MOLECULES BY VIDEO EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 194: 278 (1991).
(
10.1016/0003-2697(91)90230-Q
) / ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (1991) - RIGLER, R, FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY WITH HIGH COUNT RATE AND LOW-BACKGROUND - ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION, EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS 22: 169 (1993). / EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS (1993)
-
SCHAFER, D.A., TRANSCRIPTION BY SINGLE MOLECULES OF RNA-POLYMERASE OBSERVED BY LIGHT-MICROSCOPY, NATURE 352: 444 (1991).
(
10.1038/352444a0
) / NATURE (1991) -
SCHNEIDER, M.B., MEASUREMENT OF SUB-MICRON LASER-BEAM RADII, APPLIED OPTICS 20: 1382 (1981).
(
10.1364/AO.20.001382
) / APPLIED OPTICS (1981) 10.1126/science.2911733
10.1126/science.1439819
-
SOPER, S.A., THE PHOTOPHYSICAL CONSTANTS OF SEVERAL FLUORESCENT DYES PERTAINING TO ULTRASENSITIVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY 57: 972 (1993).
(
10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb02957.x
) / PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY (1993) 10.1038/369040a0
-
WASHIZU, M, ELECTROSTATIC MANIPULATION OF DNA IN MICROFABRICATED STRUCTURES, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS 26: 1165 (1990).
(
10.1109/28.62403
) / IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS (1990) -
WHITTEN, W.B., SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION LIMITS IN LEVITATED MICRODROPLETS, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 63: 1027 (1991).
(
10.1021/ac00010a019
) / ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (1991) 10.1126/science.265.5170.361
Dates
Type | When |
---|---|
Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 8:01 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 14, 2024, 11:22 p.m.) |
Indexed | 4 days, 6 hours ago (Aug. 27, 2025, 12:12 p.m.) |
Issued | 30 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1994) |
Published | 30 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1994) |
Published Print | 30 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1994) |
@article{Nie_1994, title={Probing Individual Molecules with Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy}, volume={266}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.7973650}, DOI={10.1126/science.7973650}, number={5187}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Nie, Shuming and Chiu, Daniel T. and Zare, Richard N.}, year={1994}, month=nov, pages={1018–1021} }