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CHEMBIOCHEM
卷 11, 期 3, 页码 351-357出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900603
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artificial cells; FRET; gene expression; RNA; vesicles
We constructed a phospholipid-coated water-in-oil microdroplet (20-60 mu m in diameter) that encapsulated plasmid DNA containing a human beta-actin cDNA sequence, fluorescent oligonucleotide probes, and other components of the transcription reaction. Transcription inside individual microdroplets was investigated in real time by using fluorescence microscopy. The progress of the transcription reaction was successively monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), which was derived from the specific hybridization of fluorescent oligonucleotide probes to the beta-actin mRNAs synthesized. In microdroplets composed of phosphatidylethanolamine, DNAs were located in the aqueous phase or on the membrane surface depending on the Mg-II concentration. FRET images showed that transcription occurred on DNA in both states. Moreover, individual DNA molecules undergoing transcription were visualized as discrete FRET signals in cases in which small numbers of DNAs were present in the microdroplet.
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