title: Fluorescence technologies for monitoring interactions between biological molecules in vitro.
abstract: Over the last two centuries, the discovery and understanding of the principle of fluorescence have provided new means of characterizing physical/biological/chemical processes in a noninvasive manner. Fluorescence spectroscopy has become one of the most powerful and widely applied methods in the life sciences, from fundamental research to clinical applications. In vitro, fluorescence approaches offer the potential to sense in real-time extra and intracellular molecular interactions and enzymatic reactions, which constitutes a major advantage over other approaches to the study of biomolecular interactions. This technology has been used for the characterization of protein/protein, protein/nucleic acid, protein/substrate, and biomembrane/biomolecule interactions, which play crucial roles in the regulation of cellular pathways. This chapter reviews the different fluorescence strategies that have been developed for sensing molecular interactions in vitro at both steady- and pre-steady-state levels.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Department of Chemical Biology and Nanotechnology for Therapeutics, CRBM-CNRS, UMR-5237, UM1-UM2, University of Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deshayes
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Divita
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D005453:Fluorescence; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000737:chemistry; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011506:Proteins; D012997:Solvents; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D014364:Tryptophan; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase