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Application perspectives of localization microscopy in virology.

C Cremer1, R Kaufmann, M Gunkel

  • 1Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128, Mainz, Germany, c.cremer@imb-mainz.de.

Histochemistry and Cell Biology
|March 12, 2014
PubMed
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Spectral Precision Distance/Position Determination Microscopy (SPDM) achieves nanoscale resolution for studying viruses and cellular processes. This superresolution technique enables single-molecule localization for enhanced biological imaging and diagnostics.

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