Supplementary Fig. 1: Illustration of the gating strategy used in the flow cytometry experiment.
From: Small-scale approach for precrystallization screening in GPCR X-ray crystallography
a, Plot of front scatter (FSC) against side scatter (SSC) signals shows that Sf9 insect cells growth as a homogeneous and monodispersed suspension culture. For GP64-PE and FLAG-FITC experiments, we measured 2000 events that show an FSC signal above 180 counts. We are not gating SSC signal. b, Typical GP64-PE experiment to monitor baculovirus budding on the surface of Sf9 cells after bacmid transfection. Positive GP64-PE signal is set above 20 counts. Non-transfected Sf9 cells are used as a negative control and shown in blue, Sf9 cells transfected with a bacmid containing the coding sequence of A2A-BRIL is shown in magenta. The gate was set at 20 counts for positive GP64-PE signal. c-d, Typical FLAG-FITC experiment to monitor c, cell surface and d, total receptor expression in Sf9 cells after baculovirus infection. Non-infected Sf9 cells are used as negative control and shown in blue. Sf9 cell expressing A2A-BRIL receptor fusion is shown in magenta. The gate was set at 30 counts for positive FLAG-FITC signal for both c, cell surface and d, total receptor expression. The gates are depicted on the graphs as solid lines.
