Nonlinear structured-illumination microscopy with a photoswitchable protein reveals cellular structures at 50-nm resolution
Rego EH, Shao L, Macklin JJ, Winoto L, Johansson GA, Kamps-Hughes N, Davidson MW, Gustafsson MG. Nonlinear structured-illumination microscopy with a photoswitchable protein reveals cellular structures at 50-nm resolution. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 109: e135-e143. PMID: 22160683, PMCID: PMC3271870, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107547108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructured-illumination microscopyUltralow light intensitiesSuperresolution imaging methodExcited statesFluorophore excited stateStructured illumination microscopyLight intensityRequired nonlinearityResolution extensionHigh light intensityActin cytoskeletonCellular structureReversible photoswitchingNuclear poresNonlinear responseIllumination intensitySuch nonlinear responsesPhotoswitchable proteinsSpatial resolutionFluorescent proteinBiological samplesSix-orderImaging methodMicroscopyPolystyrene beads