Imaging single molecules in living cells for systems biology
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Systems Biology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 56
- https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100100
Abstract
In this work, I present the application of single‐molecule imaging to systems biology and discuss the relevant technical issues within this context. Imaging single molecules has made it possible to visualize individual molecules at work in living cells. This continuously improving technique allows the measurement of non‐invasively quantitative parameters of intracellular reactions, such as the number of molecules, reaction rate constants and diffusion coefficients with spatial distributions and temporal fluctuations. This detailed information about unitary intracellular reactions is essential for constructing quantitative models of reaction networks that provide a systems‐level understanding of the mechanisms by which various cellular behaviors are emerging. Mol Syst Biol. 2: 56Keywords
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