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Single-particle analysis for fluorescence nanoscopy

Building on methods from electron microscopy, researchers are applying nanoscale fluorescence imaging to address questions in structural biology.

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Fig. 1: Single-particle analysis of multicolor SMLM images.

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Bates, M. Single-particle analysis for fluorescence nanoscopy. Nat Methods 15, 771–772 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0151-7

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