Investigating Cellular Structures at the Nanoscale with Organic Fluorophores

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• 作者：Sebastian van de Linde¹ ; Sarah Aufmkolk¹ ; Christian Franke¹ ; Thorge Holm¹ ; Teresa Klein¹ ; Anna L&ouml ; schberger¹ ; Sven Proppert¹ ; Steve Wolter¹ ; Markus Sauer¹ ; ^{m.sauer@uni-wuerzburg.de}
• 刊名：Chemistry & Biology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：24 January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：20
• 期：1
• 页码：8-18
• 全文大小：1271 K

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Super-resolution fluorescence imaging can provide insights into cellular structure and organization with a spatial resolution approaching virtually electron microscopy. Among all the different super-resolution methods single-molecule-based localization microscopy could play an exceptional role in the future because it can provide quantitative information, for example, the absolute number of biomolecules interacting in space and time. Here, small organic fluorophores are a decisive factor because they exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields and photostabilities, thus enabling their localization with nanometer precision. Besides past progress, problems with high-density and specific labeling, especially in living cells, and the lack of suited standards and long-term continuous imaging methods with minimal photodamage render the exploitation of the full potential of the method currently challenging.