Difference between revisions of "DNA Melting: Model function and parameter estimation by nonlinear regression"
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* Only excited fluorophore molecules bleach | * Only excited fluorophore molecules bleach | ||
* Bleaching is irreversible | * Bleaching is irreversible | ||
− | * Magnitude of the illumination is equal to <i>I<sub>Ambient</sub></i> + <i>I<sub>LED</sub></i>, the intensities of ambient light and LED illumination, respectively. | + | * Magnitude of the illumination is equal to <i>I<sub>Total</sub></i> = <i>I<sub>Ambient</sub></i> + <i>I<sub>LED</sub></i>, the intensities of ambient light and LED illumination, respectively. |
+ | ** Total fluorescence, <math>f_{total}</math> is proportional to <math>I_{total}</math> | ||
+ | ** The lock-in amplifier only detects the portion of the fluorescence proportional to <math>I_{LED}</math> | ||
+ | ** <math>I_{Ambient}</math> is approximately constant | ||
===Model=== | ===Model=== | ||
− | + | <math>\frac{\partial \bar{S}}{\partial t} = p f_{Total} </math> | |
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Revision as of 17:58, 13 November 2012
This subject matter will be explained in lecture, in tutorials, and in the lab.
Photobleaching model
Assumptions
- The dye is divided into two populations, bleached and unbleached, with concentrations S and S
- The initial dye concentration is S + S
- Bleached and unbleached molecules bind to dsDNA with the same affinity.
- Only bound dye molecules may be excited.
- An excited fluorophore will either bleach with probability p or return to the ground state with probability 1-p.
- The constant 1-p includes all cases in which a molecule returns to the ground state unbleached.
- Mechanisms for returning to the ground state include fluorescence, phosphorescence, and non-radiative relaxation.
- Only excited fluorophore molecules bleach
- Bleaching is irreversible
- Magnitude of the illumination is equal to ITotal = IAmbient + ILED, the intensities of ambient light and LED illumination, respectively.
- Total fluorescence, $ f_{total} $ is proportional to $ I_{total} $
- The lock-in amplifier only detects the portion of the fluorescence proportional to $ I_{LED} $
- $ I_{Ambient} $ is approximately constant
Model
$ \frac{\partial \bar{S}}{\partial t} = p f_{Total} $