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ArticleNature methods2019

Nuclear pores as versatile reference standards for quantitative superresolution microscopy.

Jervis Vermal Thevathasan, Maurice Kahnwald, Konstanty Cieśliński, Philipp Hoess, Sudheer Kumar Peneti, Manuel Reitberger, Daniel Heid, Krishna Chaitanya Kasuba, Sarah Janice Hoerner, Yiming Li and 10 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 197 papers.

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197citing papers in PubMed
51.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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197 citing papers in PubMed, 388 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Jervis Vermal Thevathasan *EMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Maurice Kahnwald *EMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Konstanty CieślińskiEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Philipp HoessEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-2245
Sudheer Kumar PenetiEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Manuel ReitbergerEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Daniel HeidEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5047-877X
Krishna Chaitanya KasubaEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sarah Janice HoernerEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-8346
Yiming LiEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4109-3824
Yu-Le WuEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Markus MundEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ulf MattiEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5548-1081
Pedro Matos PereiraMRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Ricardo HenriquesMRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2043-5234
Bianca NijmeijerEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Moritz KueblbeckEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Vilma Jimenez SabininaEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-1646
Jan EllenbergEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-701X
Jonas RiesEMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany. jonas.ries@embl.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-9250
Heidelberg University · DEMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology · GBBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology · CHEuropean Molecular Biology Organization · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DENewcastle University · GBTechnische Hochschule Mannheim · DEUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Reconstructing the dynamic 3D architecture of the human genome by superresolution microscopy and DNA sequence modelling.U01EB021223 · NIBIB · EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY · PI ELLENBERG, JAN · 2015 to 2017
$1.2M
Reconstructing the dynamic 3D architecture of the human genome by superresolution microscopy and DNA sequence modelling.U01DA047728 · NIDA · EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY · PI ELLENBERG, JAN · 2018 to 2019
$780k
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M022374/1European Research Council 724489Medical Research Council MR/K015826/1NIBIB NIH HHS U01 EB021223NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA047728Wellcome Trust 203276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative fluorescence and superresolution microscopy are often limited by insufficient data quality or artifacts. In this context, it is essential to have biologically relevant control samples to benchmark and optimize the quality of microscopes, labels and imaging conditions. Here, we exploit the stereotypic arrangement of proteins in the nuclear pore complex as in situ reference structures to characterize the performance of a variety of microscopy modalities. We created four genome edited cell lines in which we endogenously labeled the nucleoporin Nup96 with mEGFP, SNAP-tag, HaloTag or the photoconvertible fluorescent protein mMaple. We demonstrate their use (1) as three-dimensional resolution standards for calibration and quality control, (2) to quantify absolute labeling efficiencies and (3) as precise reference standards for molecular counting. These cell lines will enable the broader community to assess the quality of their microscopes and labels, and to perform quantitative, absolute measurements.

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Nuclear PoreCell LineHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceReference Standards

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