One-step nanoscale expansion microscopy reveals individual protein shapes | Nature Biotechnology

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Download PDF Subjects Assay systems Super-resolution microscopy Abstract The attainable resolution of fluorescence microscopy has reached the subnanometer range, but this technique still fails to image the morphology of single proteins or small molecular complexes. Here, we expand the specimens at least tenfold, label them with conventional fluorophores and image them with conventional light microscopes, acquiring videos in which we analyze fluorescence fluctuations. One-step nanoscale expansion (ONE) microscopy enables the visualization of the shapes of individual membrane and soluble protein

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