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ArticleNature biotechnology2021

Super-resolution RNA imaging using a rhodamine-binding aptamer with fast exchange kinetics.

Murat Sunbul, Jens Lackner, Annabell Martin, Daniel Englert, Benjamin Hacene, Franziska Grün, Karin Nienhaus, G Ulrich Nienhaus, Andres Jäschke

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Murat SunbulInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. msunbul@uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5284-3884
Jens LacknerInstitute of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Annabell MartinInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0225-7822
Daniel EnglertInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Benjamin HaceneInstitute of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Franziska GrünInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Karin NienhausInstitute of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8357-846X
G Ulrich NienhausInstitute of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. uli.nienhaus@kit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-3192
Andres JäschkeInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. jaeschke@uni-hd.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-2655
Heidelberg University · DEKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overcoming limitations of previous fluorescent light-up RNA aptamers for super-resolution imaging, we present RhoBAST, an aptamer that binds a fluorogenic rhodamine dye with fast association and dissociation kinetics. Its intermittent fluorescence emission enables single-molecule localization microscopy with a resolution not limited by photobleaching. We use RhoBAST to image subcellular structures of RNA in live and fixed cells with about 10-nm localization precision and a high signal-to-noise ratio.

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Aptamers, NucleotideFluorescent DyesKineticsMicroscopy, FluorescenceRhodaminesAptamers, NucleotideFluorescent DyesRhodamines

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PMID33574610
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