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ArticleiScience2021

A light-switching pyrene probe to detect phase-separated biomolecules.

Masaharu Hazawa, Shogo Amemori, Yoshio Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Iga, Yuki Iwashima, Akiko Kobayashi, Hirohisa Nagatani, Motohiro Mizuno, Kenji Takahashi, Richard W Wong

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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10 authors.

Masaharu HazawaInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Shogo AmemoriInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yoshio NishiyamaInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yoshihiro IgaInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yuki IwashimaInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Akiko KobayashiInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hirohisa NagataniInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Motohiro MizunoInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kenji TakahashiInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Richard W WongInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomolecules may undergo liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) to spatiotemporally compartmentalize and regulate diverse biological processes. Because the number of tools to directly probe LLPS is limited (ie. FRAP, FRET, fluorescence microscopy, fluorescence anisotropy, circular dichroism, etc.), the physicochemical traits of phase-separated condensates remain largely elusive. Here, we introduce a light-switching dipyrene probe (Pyr-A) that forms monomers in either hydrophobic or viscous environments, and intramolecular excimers in aqueous solutions. By exploiting their distinct fluorescence emission spectra, we used fluorescent microscopic imaging to study phase-separated condensates formed by

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BiochemistryBiological SciencesBiological Sciences Research MethodologiesBiophysical ChemistryBiophysics

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PMCPMC8346672

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