title: Visualizing cell structure and function with point-localization superresolution imaging.
abstract: Fundamental to the success of cell and developmental biology is the ability to tease apart molecular organization in cells and tissues by localizing specific proteins with respect to one another in a native cellular context. However, many key cellular structures (from mitochondrial cristae to nuclear pores) lie below the diffraction limit of visible light, precluding analysis of their organization by conventional approaches. Point-localization superresolution microscopy techniques, such as PALM and STORM, are poised to resolve, with unprecedented clarity, the organizational principles of macromolecular complexes within cells, thus leading to deeper insights into cellular function in both health and disease.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Prabuddha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Schuyler
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Engelenburg
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lippincott-Schwartz
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D002477:Cells; D022082:Cellular Structures / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes