15 research outputs found
An everlasting pioneer: the story of Antirrhinum research
Despite the tremendous success of
Arabidopsis thaliana, no single model can
represent the vast range of form that is
seen in the ~250,000 existing species of
flowering plants (angiosperms). Here,
we consider the history and future of an
alternative angiosperm model — the
snapdragon Antirrhinum majus. We ask
what made Antirrhinum attractive to the
earliest students of variation and
inheritance, and how its use led to
landmark advances in plant genetics and
to our present understanding of plant
development. Finally, we show how the
wide diversity of Antirrhinum species,
combined with classical and molecular
genetics — the two traditional strengths
of Antirrhinum — provide an opportunity
for developmental, evolutionary and
ecological approaches. These factors
make A. majus an ideal comparative
angiosperm
Molecular resolution imaging by post-labeling expansion single-molecule localization microscopy (Ex-SMLM)
Previous attempts to combine expansion microscopy (ExM) and single molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM) have proved challenging. Here the authors show that post-labelling Ex-SMLM improves labelling efficiency, reduces linkage error, and preserves ultrastructural details
Imaging cellular ultrastructures using expansion microscopy (U-ExM)
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Imaging cellular ultrastructures using expansion microscopy (U-ExM)
Determining the structure and composition of macromolecular assemblies is a major challenge in biology. Here we describe ultrastructure expansion microscopy (U-ExM), an extension of expansion microscopy that allows the visualization of preserved ultrastructures by optical microscopy. This method allows for near-native expansion of diverse structures in vitro and in cells; when combined with super-resolution microscopy, it unveiled details of ultrastructural organization, such as centriolar chirality, that could otherwise be observed only by electron microscopy