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Real-time fluorescence imaging with 20 nm axial resolution

Measuring the nanoscale organization of protein structures near the plasma membrane of live cells is challenging, especially when the structure is dynamic. Here we present the development of a two-wavelength total internal reflection fluorescence method capable of real-time imaging of cellular struc...

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Autores principales: Stabley, Daniel R., Oh, Thomas, Simon, Sanford M., Mattheyses, Alexa L., Salaita, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9307
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Sumario:Measuring the nanoscale organization of protein structures near the plasma membrane of live cells is challenging, especially when the structure is dynamic. Here we present the development of a two-wavelength total internal reflection fluorescence method capable of real-time imaging of cellular structure height with nanometre resolution. The method employs a protein of interest tagged with two different fluorophores and imaged to obtain the ratio of emission in the two channels. We use this approach to visualize the nanoscale organization of microtubules and endocytosis of the epidermal growth factor receptor.