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Super-Resolution Live Cell Imaging of Subcellular Structures
Published on: January 13, 2021
Correlative Live-Cell Imaging and Super-Resolution Microscopy of Autophagy
1Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, London, UK.
Abstract:
Correlative live-cell imaging and super-resolution microscopy of autophagy was developed to combine the temporal resolution of time-lapse fluorescence microscopy with the spatial resolution of super-resolution microscopy. HEK293 cells that express recombinant proteins of interest fused to fluorescent tags are imaged live to capture the formation of autophagosomes, fixed on stage to "snap-freeze" these structures, stained with appropriate antibodies, relocated, and imaged at super resolution by direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy. This chapter provides an easy-to-follow protocol along with practical tips and background information to help set up and perform an experiment.
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