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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2021

Parameter-free molecular super-structures quantification in single-molecule localization microscopy.

Mattia Marenda, Elena Lazarova, Sebastian van de Linde, Nick Gilbert, Davide Michieletto

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 authors.

Mattia MarendaMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Elena LazarovaMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Sebastian van de LindeScottish Universities Physics Alliance, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Nick GilbertMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Davide MichielettoMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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British Heart FoundationMedical Research Council MC_UU_00007/13Medical Research Council MC_UU_00009/2Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust SBF003\1163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding biological function requires the identification and characterization of complex patterns of molecules. Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) can quantitatively measure molecular components and interactions at resolutions far beyond the diffraction limit, but this information is only useful if these patterns can be quantified and interpreted. We provide a new approach for the analysis of SMLM data that develops the concept of structures and super-structures formed by interconnected elements, such as smaller protein clusters. Using a formal framework and a parameter-free algorithm, (super-)structures formed from smaller components are found to be abundant in classes of nuclear proteins, such as heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (hnRNPs), but are absent from ceramides located in the plasma membrane. We suggest that mesoscopic structures formed by interconnected protein clusters are common within the nucleus and have an important role in the organization and function of the genome. Our algorithm, SuperStructure, can be used to analyze and explore complex SMLM data and extract functionally relevant information.

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AlgorithmsFluorescent DyesMicroscopy, FluorescenceSingle Molecule ImagingFluorescent Dyes

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