title: Analysis of ligand-receptor interactions with the fluorescence activated cell sorter.
abstract: The binding of a fluorescent peptide to human neutrophils is analyzed with a fluorescence activated cell sorter. We examine steady-state and kinetic features of the ligand-receptor interaction (in the presence of unbound ligand) and we show tht the number of receptors may be estimated without resorting to any external references for calibration. These methods are applicable to other fluorescent ligands with affinities greater than 10(8) M-1.
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; C021642:F-chemotactic peptide