2002
DOI: 10.1021/jp014549b
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Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations to Model FRET and Photobleaching in Systems with Multiple Donor−Acceptor Interactions

Abstract: Monte Carlo simulations were employed to model FRET in systems that included interactions between multiple donors and acceptors and photobleaching. Simulations revealed that pixel-to-pixel variations in microscopy experiments can be due both to variations in the probe distribution and to photon noise, depending on the intensity and probes per detection pixel. The Monte Carlo simulations were used to describe fluorescence experiments on (single) actin filaments using a conventional fluorescence microscope. The … Show more

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“…Berney and Danuser 22 compared different methods of measuring and quantifying FRET efficiency and used MCS to provide independent reference values. Frederix et al 23 showed that MCS can aid with the interpretation of data from microscopy experiments by simulating FRET between fluorophores on actin filaments, including the effect of photobleaching. Numerical methods proved to be especially helpful when modeling the nonuniform distributions of lipids and proteins in membrane environments.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Berney and Danuser 22 compared different methods of measuring and quantifying FRET efficiency and used MCS to provide independent reference values. Frederix et al 23 showed that MCS can aid with the interpretation of data from microscopy experiments by simulating FRET between fluorophores on actin filaments, including the effect of photobleaching. Numerical methods proved to be especially helpful when modeling the nonuniform distributions of lipids and proteins in membrane environments.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides uncertainties in the calculation of the Förster radius R 0 , the transfer efficiencies, as estimated from the spectra, depend on an accurate determination of the respective NC:dye ratios, [6] on the specificity of the anchor group, [7,18] and even on the reaction time. [21] We found that the measured transfer efficiency increases within the first minutes, probably owing to the diffusion-limited reaction between the dyes and the NCs. This increase is followed by a decrease over the next few hours.…”
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confidence: 73%
“…Die Spektren in Abbildung 1 können zwar qualitativ mit einem FRET‐Prozess erklärt werden, es ist aber schwierig, quantitative Aussagen abzuleiten. Neben Unwägbarkeiten bei der Bestimmung des Förster‐Radius R 0 hängt die aus den Spektren ableitbare Transfereffizienz auch von einer genauen Bestimmung der Konzentrationsverhältnisse,6 der Spezifität der Ankergruppen7, 18 und sogar von der Reaktionszeit ab 21. Es zeigte sich beispielsweise, dass die gemessene Transfereffizienz in den ersten Minuten zunimmt, was vermutlich auf die diffusionskontrollierte Reaktion zwischen den Nanokristallen und den Farbstoffen zurückzuführen ist.…”
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