Miyashiro Tim, Goulian Mark
Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Methods Enzymol. 2007;423:458-75. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)23022-8.
Gene regulation by two-component systems has traditionally been studied using assays that involve averages over large numbers of cells. Single-cell measurements of transcription offer a complementary approach that provides the distribution of gene expression among the population. This chapter focuses on methods for using fluorescence microscopy and fluorescent proteins to study gene expression in single cells.
传统上,双组分系统的基因调控研究采用的分析方法涉及对大量细胞的平均值测量。转录的单细胞测量提供了一种互补方法,可揭示群体中基因表达的分布情况。本章重点介绍利用荧光显微镜和荧光蛋白研究单细胞基因表达的方法。