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ReviewNature chemical biology2014

Tracking single molecules at work in living cells.

Akihiro Kusumi, Taka A Tsunoyama, Kohichiro M Hirosawa, Rinshi S Kasai, Takahiro K Fujiwara

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Review in Nature chemical biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

141 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Akihiro Kusumi1] Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. [2] Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Taka A Tsunoyama1] Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. [2] Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kohichiro M HirosawaInstitute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Rinshi S Kasai1] Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. [2] Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takahiro K FujiwaraInstitute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methods for imaging and tracking single molecules conjugated with fluorescent probes, called single-molecule tracking (SMT), are now providing researchers with the unprecedented ability to directly observe molecular behaviors and interactions in living cells. Current SMT methods are achieving almost the ultimate spatial precision and time resolution for tracking single molecules, determined by the currently available dyes. In cells, various molecular interactions and reactions occur as stochastic and probabilistic processes. SMT provides an ideal way to directly track these processes by observing individual molecules at work in living cells, leading to totally new views of the biochemical and molecular processes used by cells whether in signal transduction, gene regulation or formation and disintegration of macromolecular complexes. Here we review SMT methods, summarize the recent results obtained by SMT, including related superresolution microscopy data, and describe the special concerns when SMT applications are shifted from the in vitro paradigms to living cells.

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PhotonsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBiological TransportCell TrackingEukaryotic CellsFluorescent DyesGene Expression RegulationGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionStochastic ProcessesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingFluorescent DyesGPI-Linked ProteinsLAT protein, humanMembrane ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID24937070

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