title: Nanoblade delivery and incorporation of quantum dot conjugates into tubulin networks in live cells.
abstract: Quantum dots (QDs) have not been used to label cytoskeleton structure of live cells owing to limitations in delivery strategies, and QDs conjugation methods and issues with nonspecific binding. We conjugated tubulin to QDs and applied the emerging method of photothermal nanoblade  to deliver QD-tubulin conjugates into live Hela cells. This method will open new opportunities for cytosolic targeting of QDs in  live cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teslaa
authors.forename: Ting-Hsiang
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Pei-Yu
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Teitell
authors.forename: Shimon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D011992:Endosomes / Q000737:chemistry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods; D045663:Quantum Dots; D014404:Tubulin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin