Title :
Distinguishing immature and mature HIV-1 particles by superresolution optical fluorescence microscopy
Author :
Monkemoller, V. ; Hubner, W. ; Dale, B. ; Chen, Bing ; McNerney, G. ; Huser, T.
Author_Institution :
Biomol. Photonics, Univ. of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Abstract :
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the agent of the global epidemic of the immune disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Therefore further investigations on the viral structure and molecular mechanisms are of particular importance in the search for medical therapies.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; diseases; epidemics; fluorescence; microorganisms; optical microscopy; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; global epidemics; human immunodeficiency virus; immature HIV-1 particles; immune disease AIDS; mature HIV-1 particles; medical therapy; molecular mechanism; superresolution optical fluorescence microscopy; viral structure; Educational institutions; Fluorescence; Human immunodeficiency virus; Microscopy; Optical microscopy; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801497
