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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Nano Lett. 2012 May 8;12(6):2685–2689. doi: 10.1021/nl2036047

FIGURE 1. Protein producing particles.

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 1

(a) A schematic of an encapsulated in vitro transcription/translation nano- and micro-scale particulate system. DNA, tRNA, ribosomes, amino acids, ribonucleotide tri-phosphates (rNTPs) and ions were loaded into lipid vesicles. Protein production can be triggered by irradiating caged DNA with light. (b) Overlaid transmitted light and fluorescence images of a GFP-producing particle. (c) Confocal images of four sections from a single particle. GFP is seen throughout the inside of the vesicle. Bar 5 µm.