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. 2002 Sep 30;158(7):1263–1275. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200203043

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Photobleaching reveals that ZAP-70 equilibrates between signaling complexes. (A and B) ZAP-70–EGFP-expressing Jurkat T cells were plated on coverslips and allowed to develop contacts for either 2 or 20 min. Contacts were imaged for 20 s, photobleached within a specific region of interest (ROI, red boxes), and monitored for the recovery of fluorescence in the bleached ROI. Images were obtained every 2.5 s. (C) Mean fluorescence recovery traces from cells plated for 2 min before photobleaching (n = 6). (D) Mean fluorescence recovery traces from cells plated for 20 min before photobleaching (n = 6). (E) The extent of fluorescence recovery in bleached ROIs as a function of the age of the observed contacts at the time of photobleaching. In each case, half-maximal recovery is observed within 7.5 to 10 s.