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Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells
Hoffman DP, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Campbell KR, Freeman M, Wang L, Milkie DE, Pasolli HA, Iyer N, Bogovic JA, Stabley DR, Shirinifard A, Pang S, Peale D, Schaefer K, Pomp W, Chang CL, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Kirchhausen T, Solecki DJ, Betzig E, Hess HF. Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells. Science 2020, 367 PMID: 31949053, PMCID: PMC7339343, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz5357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorrelative super-resolution fluorescenceEndoplasmic reticulum-associated proteinSuper-resolution fluorescenceChromatin domainsMammalian cellsBlock-face electron microscopyDistinct proteinsTranscriptional activityBiochemical needsSpatial compartmentalizationIntranuclear vesiclesUltrastructural variabilityFrozen cellsWhole cellsFluorescence retentionCultured neuronsProteinCellsElectron microscopyCompartmentalizationVesiclesUltrastructureAdhesionDomainFluorescence
2020
Chromatin arranges in chains of mesoscale domains with nanoscale functional topography independent of cohesin
Miron E, Oldenkamp R, Brown JM, Pinto DMS, Xu CS, Faria AR, Shaban HA, Rhodes JDP, Innocent C, de Ornellas S, Hess HF, Buckle V, Schermelleh L. Chromatin arranges in chains of mesoscale domains with nanoscale functional topography independent of cohesin. Science Advances 2020, 6: eaba8811. PMID: 32967822, PMCID: PMC7531892, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChromatin domainsThree-dimensional chromatin organizationFunctional nuclear organizationMammalian genome functionActive histone modificationsSingle-cell levelInterchromatin compartmentGenome functionChromatin organizationGenome organizationRepressive modificationsHistone modificationsNuclear organizationEuchromatic regionsSomatic cellsCohesinChromatinFunctional modulesKey roleNucleosomesDomainRNACompartmentsModificationCells