title: Graphene oxide-enhanced cytoskeleton imaging and mitosis tracking.
abstract: Here we show that graphene oxide greatly enhances the imaging ability of a peptide probe that selectively targets microtubules of the cytoskeleton, thus enabling the dynamic tracking of mitosis in live cells.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China. guol@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qian-Ru
authors.initials: QR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. xphe@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jin-Biao
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Guo Shoujing Rd., Shanghai 201203, P. R. China. yzang@simm.ac.cn jli@simm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Li-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. xphe@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Guo Shoujing Rd., Shanghai 201203, P. R. China. yzang@simm.ac.cn jli@simm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
authors.forename: Tony D
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-2191
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. xphe@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guo-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China. guol@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Guo Shoujing Rd., Shanghai 201203, P. R. China. yzang@simm.ac.cn jli@simm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D057230:Limit of Detection; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008870:Microtubules / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008938:Mitosis; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: C437523:5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010455:Peptides; D012235:Rhodamines; D006108:Graphite