title: Dual-color total internal reflection fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy.
abstract: We present the development and first application of a novel dual-color total internal reflection (TIR) fluorescence system for single-molecule coincidence analysis and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). As a performance analysis, we measured a synthetic DNA-binding assay, demonstrating this dual-color TIR-FCCS approach to be a suitable method for measuring coincidence assays such as biochemical binding, fusion, or signal transduction at solid/liquid interfaces. Due to the very high numerical aperture of the epi-illumination configuration, our setup provides a very high fluorescence collection efficiency resulting in a two- to three-fold increase in molecular brightness compared to conventional confocal FCCS. Further improvements have been achieved through global analysis of the spectroscopic data.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leutenegger
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Jerker
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Widengren
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eggeling
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gösch
authors.forename: Rainer A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Leitgeb
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lasser
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D036641:Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004247:DNA