Nanoscale imaging of bacterial infections by sphingolipid expansion microscopy

Imaging of lipid bilayers using light microscopy is challenging. Here the authors label cells using a short chain click-compatible ceramide to visualize mammalian and bacterial membranes with expansion microscopy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ralph Götz, Tobias C. Kunz, Julian Fink, Franziska Solger, Jan Schlegel, Jürgen Seibel, Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic, Thomas Rudel, Markus Sauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19897-1
Description
Summary:Imaging of lipid bilayers using light microscopy is challenging. Here the authors label cells using a short chain click-compatible ceramide to visualize mammalian and bacterial membranes with expansion microscopy.
ISSN:2041-1723