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ArticleACS nano2021

The Positive Switching Fluorescent Protein Padron2 Enables Live-Cell Reversible Saturable Optical Linear Fluorescence Transitions (RESOLFT) Nanoscopy without Sequential Illumination Steps.

Timo Konen, Daniel Stumpf, Tim Grotjohann, Isabelle Jansen, Mariano Bossi, Michael Weber, Nickels Jensen, Stefan W Hell, Stefan Jakobs

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Article in ACS nano, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A Versatile Tool to Predict and Guide RESOLFT Images Based on Photoswitching, Labelling and Optical Properties.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  2. The near-infrared bacteriophytochrome-derived fluorescent protein PENELOPE enables RESOLFT superresolution microscopy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Photoswitchable Fluorescent Proteins: Mechanisms on Ultrafast Timescales.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Timo KonenDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Daniel StumpfDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Tim GrotjohannDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Isabelle JansenDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Mariano BossiDepartment of Optical Nanoscopy, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael WeberDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Nickels JensenDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Stefan W HellDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Stefan JakobsDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8028-3121

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs) can be repeatedly transferred between a fluorescent on- and a nonfluorescent off-state by illumination with light of different wavelengths. Negative switching RSFPs are switched from the on- to the off-state with the same wavelength that also excites fluorescence. Positive switching RSFPs have a reversed light response, where the fluorescence excitation wavelength induces the transition from the off- to the on-state. Reversible saturable optical linear (fluorescence) transitions (RESOLFT) nanoscopy utilizes these switching states to achieve diffraction-unlimited resolution but so far has primarily relied on negative switching RSFPs by using time sequential switching schemes. On the basis of the green fluorescent RSFP Padron, we engineered the positive switching RSFP Padron2. Compared to its predecessor, it can undergo 50-fold more switching cycles while displaying a contrast ratio between the on- and the off-states of more than 100:1. Because of its robust switching behavior, Padron2 supports a RESOLFT imaging scheme that entirely refrains from sequential switching as it only requires beam scanning of two spatially overlaid light distributions. Using Padron2, we demonstrate live-cell RESOLFT nanoscopy without sequential illumination steps.

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LightingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent Proteinsfluorescent proteinlive cellPadronsuper-resolution microscopyswitching

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PMID34019380
PMCPMC8291764

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