Fig. 3.
RNA catalysis in coacervate microdroplets. a (i) Wide-field optical microscopy images of CM-Dex:PLys (4:1 final molar ratio) coacervate microdroplets prepared in cleavage buffer (1 μM of HH-min and 0.5 μM FRET substrate). Fluorescence microscopy images at t = 0 min (ii) and t = 900 min (iii) show an increase in FAM fluorescence (see inset). Scale bars are 20 μM. b Background corrected and volume/endpoint normalised fluorescence intensity of droplets. Standard deviation of kinetics from 12 micro-droplets (grey) with the mean biexponential fit (blue) and residuals (inset)