Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
Volume 1868, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166347
Keywords
Virus; Influenza; HIV; SARS-CoV-2; Super -resolution; Fluorescence microscopy; STORM
Funding
- Royal Society [DKR00620, RGF\R1\180054]
- University of Oxford COVID-19 Research Response Fund
- [SARS-CoV-2]
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Diseases caused by viruses, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, pose significant challenges to human society. Super-resolution imaging technologies have enabled the direct visualization of virus structures at the nanoscale, providing new insights into their morphology and structure.
As epitomised by the COVID-19 pandemic, diseases caused by viruses are one of the greatest health and economic burdens to human society. Viruses are 'nanostructures', and their small size (typically less than 200 nm in diameter) can make it challenging to obtain images of their morphology and structure. Recent advances in fluorescence microscopy have given rise to super-resolution techniques, which have enabled the structure of viruses to be visualised directly at a resolution in the order of 20 nm. This mini-review discusses how recent state -of-the-art super-resolution imaging technologies are providing new nanoscale insights into virus structure.
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