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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2016

Single Molecule Localization Microscopy of Mammalian Cell Nuclei on the Nanoscale.

Aleksander Szczurek, Jun Xing, Udo J Birk, Christoph Cremer

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksander SzczurekSuperresolution Microscopy, Institute of Molecular Biology Mainz, Germany.
Jun XingSuperresolution Microscopy, Institute of Molecular Biology Mainz, Germany.
Udo J BirkSuperresolution Microscopy, Institute of Molecular BiologyMainz, Germany; Department of Physics, University of MainzMainz, Germany; Department of Physics, University of MainzMainz, Germany.
Christoph CremerSuperresolution Microscopy, Institute of Molecular BiologyMainz, Germany; Department of Physics, University of MainzMainz, Germany; Kirchhoff Institute of Physics, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany.
Institute of Molecular Biology · DEKirchhoff (Germany) · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear texture analysis is a well-established method of cellular pathology. It is hampered, however, by the limits of conventional light microscopy (ca. 200 nm). These limits have been overcome by a variety of super-resolution approaches. An especially promising approach to chromatin texture analysis is single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) as it provides the highest resolution using fluorescent based methods. At the present state of the art, using fixed whole cell samples and standard DNA dyes, a structural resolution of chromatin in the 50-100 nm range is obtained using SMLM. We highlight how the combination of localization microscopy with standard fluorophores opens the avenue to a plethora of studies including the spatial distribution of DNA and associated proteins in eukaryotic cell nuclei with the potential to elucidate the functional organization of chromatin. These views are based on our experience as well as on recently published research in this field.

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DNA dyesnuclear structurenucleolisingle molecule localization microscopysuper-resolution

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PMCPMC4919319
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