Kappel C and Eils R:
Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching with the Leica TCS SP2
Confocal Application Letter 18 (2004)
Among all photobleaching experiments which have been described, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is the most popular. It employs irradiation of a fluorophore in a living sample with a short laser pulse to degrade it and thereby abolish fluorescence followed by time-resolved image recording of the sample. If the fluorophore (or a so-called mobile fraction of it, see below) is able to freely diffuse through the sample a recovery of fluorescence can be observed. Photobleaching experiments can be conducted with modern laser scanning microscopes, where the laser is used at high intensity for bleaching and low intensity for image recording. The LCS software provided by Leica Microsystems contains a FRAP application wizard that guides the user ot the Leica TCS SP2 through the steps of a FRAP experiment.
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Confocal Application Letter 18 (2004)