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Ultra-High Resolution 3D Imaging of Whole Cells.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Huang, Fang 
Allgeyer, Edward S 
Schroeder, Lena K 
Duim, Whitney C 

Abstract

Fluorescence nanoscopy, or super-resolution microscopy, has become an important tool in cell biological research. However, because of its usually inferior resolution in the depth direction (50-80 nm) and rapidly deteriorating resolution in thick samples, its practical biological application has been effectively limited to two dimensions and thin samples. Here, we present the development of whole-cell 4Pi single-molecule switching nanoscopy (W-4PiSMSN), an optical nanoscope that allows imaging of three-dimensional (3D) structures at 10- to 20-nm resolution throughout entire mammalian cells. We demonstrate the wide applicability of W-4PiSMSN across diverse research fields by imaging complex molecular architectures ranging from bacteriophages to nuclear pores, cilia, and synaptonemal complexes in large 3D cellular volumes.

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Keywords

Animals, Bacteriophages, COP-Coated Vesicles, Cytological Techniques, Golgi Apparatus, Male, Mice, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Single Molecule Imaging, Spermatocytes, Synaptonemal Complex

Journal Title

Cell

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Journal ISSN

0092-8674
1097-4172

Volume Title

166

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (092096/Z/10/Z)
Cancer Research Uk (None)