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Understanding spatiotemporal coupling of gene expression using single molecule RNA imaging technologies.

Alan Gerber, Sander van Otterdijk, Frank J Bruggeman, Evelina Tutucci

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Resolving Sub-Nuclear Architecture from Compartments to Functional Domains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Bioluminescent Probes for Multiplexed RNA Imaging.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  6. Establishing MS2-MCP-based single-molecule RNA visualization inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alan GerberAmsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3909-3606
Sander van OtterdijkSystems Biology Lab, A-LIFE department, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5503-1627
Frank J BruggemanSystems Biology Lab, A-LIFE department, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0255-4766
Evelina TutucciSystems Biology Lab, A-LIFE department, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1998-7146

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek OCENW.M.21.011Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VI.VIDI.193.107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Across all kingdoms of life, gene regulatory mechanisms underlie cellular adaptation to ever-changing environments. Regulation of gene expression adjusts protein synthesis and, in turn, cellular growth. Messenger RNAs are key molecules in the process of gene expression. Our ability to quantitatively measure mRNA expression in single cells has improved tremendously over the past decades. This revealed an unexpected coordination between the steps that control the life of an mRNA, from transcription to degradation. Here, we provide an overview of the state-of-the-art imaging approaches for measurement and quantitative understanding of gene expression, starting from the early visualizations of single genes by electron microscopy to current fluorescence-based approaches in single cells, including live-cell RNA-imaging approaches to FISH-based spatial transcriptomics across model organisms. We also highlight how these methods have shaped our current understanding of the spatiotemporal coupling between transcriptional and post-transcriptional events in prokaryotes. We conclude by discussing future challenges of this multidisciplinary field.

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RNARNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerRNARNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Messengereukaryotic gene expressionGene expression couplingprokaryotic gene expressionRNA localizationsingle-molecule RNA imagingtranscription-translation coupling

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PMID37050882
PMCPMC10807504

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