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Photon-statistics in sensitized emission FRET and FLIM: a comparative theoretical analysis

Esposito, A.

2019-09-18 biophysics
10.1101/774919 bioRxiv
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FRET imaging is an essential analytical method in biomedical research. The limited photon-budget experimentally available, however, imposes compromises between spatiotemporal and biochemical resolutions, photodamage and phototoxicity. The study of photon-statistics in biochemical imaging is thus important in guiding the efficient design of instrumentation and assays. Here, we show a comparative analysis of photon-statistics in FRET imaging demonstrating how the precision of FRET imaging varies vastly with imaging parameters. Therefore, we provide analytical and numerical tools for assay optimization. FLIM is a very robust technique with excellent photon-efficiencies but also intensity-based FRET imaging can reach very high precision by utilizing also information within acceptor fluorescence.

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