Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Simultaneous readout of multiple FRET pairs using photochromism

  • Thijs Roebroek,
  • Wim Vandenberg,
  • François Sipieter,
  • Siewert Hugelier,
  • Christophe Stove,
  • Jin Zhang,
  • Peter Dedecker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22043-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Performing multiple FRET measurements at once can be challenging. Here the authors report a method to discriminate between overlapping FRET pairs, even if the fluorophores display almost identical absorption and emission spectra, based on the photochromism of the donor fluorophores.