Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 33-43.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0793

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Advances of Single-molecule Fluorescence Detection Techniques and Applications in Plant Biology

ZHANG Yuan(), ZHANG Xue-ping, ZHANG Yue-qian, LI Xiao-juan()   

  1. College of Biological Sciences and Technology,National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design,Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083
  • Received:2021-06-24 Online:2022-01-26 Published:2022-02-22
  • Contact: LI Xiao-juan E-mail:zhangyuan@bjfu.edu.cn;lixj@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Single-molecule fluorescence detection techniques(SMD)are used to image and track the conformational changes,dynamics and interactions of fluorescently labeled molecules at single-molecule level. Compared with the traditional molecular and genetic approaches,SMD can analyze the dynamical characteristics of individual molecules,especially instantaneous and occasionally events that may be hidden in massive average measurements. Therefore,SMD has been widely used in animal researches,which made numerous important contributions to molecular mechanisms in biology researches. However,the application of SMD in plants remains to be further developed. In this review,we introduced the most recently advances of SMD techniques. Then we summarized its application cases in plant biology,as well as the application prospect of SMD in plant biology researches in the near future.

Key words: single-molecule, fluorescence imaging, spectroscopy detection, plant biology