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Jahr 2010
Autor(en) D. Baddeley, V. O. Chagin, L. Schermelleh, S. Martin, A. Pombo, P. M. Carlton, A. Gahl, P. Domaing, U. Birk, H. Leonhardt, C. Cremer and M. C. Cardoso
Titel Measurement of replication structures at the nanometer scale using super-resolution light microscopy
KIP-Nummer HD-KIP 10-02
KIP-Gruppe(n) F2
Dokumentart Paper
Quelle Nucleic Acids Research, 2009, 1–11
Abstract (en)

DNA replication, similar to other cellular processes,
occurs within dynamic macromolecular
structures. Any comprehensive understanding ultimately
requires quantitative data to establish
and test models of genome duplication. We used
two different super-resolution light microscopy
techniques to directly measure and compare the
size and numbers of replication foci in mammalian
cells. This analysis showed that replication foci vary
in size from 210nm down to 40 nm. Remarkably,
spatially modulated illumination (SMI) and 3Dstructured
illumination microscopy (3D-SIM) both
showed an average size of 125nm that was
conserved throughout S-phase and independent of
the labeling method, suggesting a basic unit of
genome duplication. Interestingly, the improved
optical 3D resolution identified 3- to 5-fold more
distinct replication foci than previously reported.
These results show that optical nanoscopy
techniques enable accurate measurements of
cellular structures at a level previously achieved
only by electron microscopy and highlight the
possibility of high-throughput, multispectral 3D analyses.

bibtex
@article{nar2009,
  author   = {D. Baddeley, V. O. Chagin, L. Schermelleh, S. Martin, A. Pombo, P. M. Carlton, A. Gahl, P. Domaing, U. Birk, H. Leonhardt, C. Cremer and M. C. Cardoso},
  title    = {Measurement of replication structures at the nanometer scale using super-resolution light microscopy},
  journal  = {Nucleic Acids Research},
  volume   = {},
  year     = {2009},
  pages    = {1--11}
}
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