Optical super-resolution microscopy unravels the molecular composition of functional protein complexes

MS Dietz, M Heilemann - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Optical super-resolution microscopy has revolutionized our understanding of cell biology.
Next to visualizing cellular structures with near-molecular spatial resolution, an additional …

Circumvention of common labelling artefacts using secondary nanobodies

S Sograte-Idrissi, T Schlichthaerle, CJ Duque-Afonso… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A standard procedure to study cellular elements is via immunostaining followed by optical
imaging. This methodology typically requires target-specific primary antibodies (1. Abs) …

PAINT using proteins: A new brush for super‐resolution artists

C Oi, SGJ Mochrie, MH Horrocks, L Regan - Protein Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
PAINT (points accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography) refers to methods that
achieve the sparse temporal labeling required for super‐resolution imaging by using …

Self-limiting polymerization of DNA origami subunits with strain accumulation

JF Berengut, CK Wong, JC Berengut, JPK Doye… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biology demonstrates how a near infinite array of complex systems and structures at many
scales can originate from the self-assembly of component parts on the nanoscale. But to fully …

The stability and number of nucleating interactions determine DNA hybridization rates in the absence of secondary structure

S Hertel, RE Spinney, SY Xu, TE Ouldridge… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The kinetics of DNA hybridization are fundamental to biological processes and DNA-based
technologies. However, the precise physical mechanisms that determine why different DNA …

Binding of DNA origami to lipids: maximizing yield and switching via strand displacement

JKD Singh, E Darley, P Ridone, JP Gaston… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Liposomes are widely used as synthetic analogues of cell membranes and for drug delivery.
Lipid-binding DNA nanostructures can modify the shape, porosity and reactivity of …

Design and synthesis of pleated DNA origami nanotubes with adjustable diameters

JF Berengut, JC Berengut, JPK Doye… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
DNA origami allows for the synthesis of nanoscale structures and machines with nanometre
precision and high yields. Tubular DNA origami nanostructures are particularly useful …

An update on molecular counting in fluorescence microscopy

J Hummert, SA Tashev, DP Herten - … Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantitative assessment of protein complexes, such as receptor clusters in the context of
cellular signalling, has become a pressing objective in cell biology. The advancements in …

Mechanisms underlying sequence-dependent DNA hybridisation rates in the absence of secondary structure

S Hertel, RE Spinney, SY Xu, TE Ouldridge, RG Morris… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The kinetics of DNA hybridisation are fundamental to biological processes and DNA-based
technologies. However, the precise physical mechanisms that determine why different DNA …

Pushing the super-resolution limit: recent improvements in microscopy below the diffraction limit

DJ Nieves, MAB Baker - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Super-resolution microscopy has revolutionised the way we observe biological systems.
These methods are now a staple of fluorescence microscopy. Researchers have used super …