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    Carl Zeiss differential interference contrast (dic) microscopy images
    Differential Interference Contrast (Dic) Microscopy Images, supplied by Carl Zeiss, used in various techniques. Bioz Stars score: 90/100, based on 1 PubMed citations. ZERO BIAS - scores, article reviews, protocol conditions and more
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    Article Snippet: .. Images were taken with a Zeiss incubation microscope [×100 objective, DIC (differential interference contrast)]. .. Fixed and permeabilized platelets were stained for myosin IIA using anti–myosin IIA (1:200 in PBS; M8064, Sigma-Aldrich) and donkey anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G–Alexa Fluor 546 antibodies (1:350 in PBS).

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    Article Title: Reduced platelet forces underlie impaired hemostasis in mouse models of MYH9 -related disease
    Article Snippet: .. Images were taken with a Zeiss incubation microscope [×100 objective, DIC (differential interference contrast)]. .. Fixed and permeabilized platelets were stained for myosin IIA using anti–myosin IIA (1:200 in PBS; M8064, Sigma-Aldrich) and donkey anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G–Alexa Fluor 546 antibodies (1:350 in PBS).

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    Article Snippet: Cells were fixed with anti-fade mountant (Molecular Probes). .. Images were captured on an inverted fluorescence/differential-interference contrast (dic) Zeiss Axiovert 200M deconvolving fluorescence microscope operated by Zeiss AxioVision Version 4.5 software and deconvolved by using the constrained iterative method. ..

    Article Title: The generation of stable transgenic lines in the human-infective nematode Strongyloides stercoralis
    Article Snippet: .. Epifluorescence and differential interference contrast (DIC) images were taken with either a 20× objective (Plan-Apochromat 20×/0.8 M27; Zeiss) or a 40× oil objective [Plan-Apochromat 40×/1.4 ∞/0.17 Oil DIC (UV) VIS-IR M27; Zeiss] on an inverted Zeiss Axio Observer microscope equipped with a 38 HE filter set for GFP (BP470/40, FT495, BP 525/50), a 63 HE filter set for mScarlet-I (BP572/25, FT590, BP629/62), and a Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash 4.0 camera; fluorescence illumination was provided by Colibri 7 LEDs (LED Module 475 nm). .. All images were captured using Zeiss ZEN 2 (blue edition) software.

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    Article Title: Tsg101/ESCRT-I Recruitment Regulated by the Dual Binding Modes of K63-Linked Diubiquitin
    Article Snippet: Images were captured on an inverted fluorescence/differential-interference contrast (dic) Zeiss Axiovert 200M fluorescence microscope.

    Article Title: Orai1 is an Entotic Ca 2+ Channel for Non‐Apoptotic Cell Death, Entosis in Cancer Development
    Article Snippet: To analyze entosis time‐lapse progression, fluorescence and differential interference contrast (DIC) images were obtained every 3 s to 5 min for the indicated time courses on a LSM780 (Zeiss) confocal microscope with Zeiss Plan‐Apochromat 63×/1.4 Oil objective lens. mCherry and eGFP (GCaMP6s) were simultaneously excited at 594 and 488 nm, respectively.

    Article Title: Zonal patterning of extracellular matrix and stromal cell populations along a perfusable cellular microchannel
    Article Snippet: Following seven days of static culture, live differential interference contrast (DIC) brightfield images of 3T3 GFP -MDCK mCherry co-culture devices were captured using a 20×/0.8 objective on a Zeiss Axio Observer Z1 widefield microscope.

    Article Title: Adenosine signaling activates ATP-sensitive K + channels in endothelial cells and pericytes in CNS capillaries
    Article Snippet: Images were acquired with a Zeiss 20× Plan Apochromat 1.0 numerical aperture (NA) differential interference contrast (DIC) visible-infrared water-immersion objective mounted on an LSM 7 multiphoton microscope (Zeiss) coupled to a Chameleon Vision II Titanium-Sapphire pulsed infrared laser (Coherent).

    Article Title: Arinole, a novel auxin-stimulating benzoxazole, affects root growth and promotes adventitious root formation.
    Article Snippet: The triple response phenotype is characteristic for seedlings treated with the phytohormone ethylene or its direct precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-carboxylic acid, and is often employed to find novel chemical tools to probe ethylene responses.. We identified a benzoxazole-urea derivative (B2) partially mimicking ethylene effects in a triple response bioassay.. A phenotypic analysis demonstrated that B2 and its closest analogue arinole (ARI) induced phenotypic responses reminiscent of seedlings with elevated levels of auxin, including impaired hook development and inhibition of seedling growth.

    Fluorescence:

    Article Title: Tsg101/ESCRT-I Recruitment Regulated by the Dual Binding Modes of K63-Linked Diubiquitin
    Article Snippet: Cells were fixed with anti-fade mountant (Molecular Probes). .. Images were captured on an inverted fluorescence/differential-interference contrast (dic) Zeiss Axiovert 200M deconvolving fluorescence microscope operated by Zeiss AxioVision Version 4.5 software and deconvolved by using the constrained iterative method. ..

    Article Title: The generation of stable transgenic lines in the human-infective nematode Strongyloides stercoralis
    Article Snippet: .. Epifluorescence and differential interference contrast (DIC) images were taken with either a 20× objective (Plan-Apochromat 20×/0.8 M27; Zeiss) or a 40× oil objective [Plan-Apochromat 40×/1.4 ∞/0.17 Oil DIC (UV) VIS-IR M27; Zeiss] on an inverted Zeiss Axio Observer microscope equipped with a 38 HE filter set for GFP (BP470/40, FT495, BP 525/50), a 63 HE filter set for mScarlet-I (BP572/25, FT590, BP629/62), and a Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash 4.0 camera; fluorescence illumination was provided by Colibri 7 LEDs (LED Module 475 nm). .. All images were captured using Zeiss ZEN 2 (blue edition) software.

    Software:

    Article Title: Tsg101/ESCRT-I Recruitment Regulated by the Dual Binding Modes of K63-Linked Diubiquitin
    Article Snippet: Cells were fixed with anti-fade mountant (Molecular Probes). .. Images were captured on an inverted fluorescence/differential-interference contrast (dic) Zeiss Axiovert 200M deconvolving fluorescence microscope operated by Zeiss AxioVision Version 4.5 software and deconvolved by using the constrained iterative method. ..



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    Effect of Mg 2+ on pure NOG and NOG + GMO mixed vesicles. ( a ) NOG vesicles are stable in the control reaction (no externally added Mg 2+ ) and in the presence of 5 mM Mg 2+ . However, metal ion-induced aggregates appear in the reaction containing 6 mM Mg 2+ , along with free vesicles. Finally, in the presence of 7 mM Mg 2+ , vesicles completely collapse into large aggregates and no free vesicles are observed. ( b ) Addition of GMO to NOG system increases the stability of vesicles towards Mg 2+ ion. 6 mM NOG system completely collapses in the presence of 7 mM Mg 2+ and above. However, it takes 11 mM Mg 2+ to induce large aggregates in the case of NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed system. Notably, NOG + GMO mixture results in a heterogeneous population of vesicles and droplets unlike pure NOG system, which predominantly forms vesicles. Vesicles, droplets and aggregates are indicated by white, black, and red arrows respectively. Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm for all microscopy images, unless mentioned otherwise. ( c ) A distinct three-phase behavior of NOG-based vesicles is depicted with increasing concentrations of Mg 2+ . The vesicular phase (purple) contains only vesicles and no metal ion-induced aggregates. It is followed by a transition phase (grey) where both free vesicles and small metal ion-induced aggregates are simultaneously present. Finally, the aggregate phase (orange) contains only large-sized aggregates. Although, the color code of the three phases has been described in terms of vesicles and aggregates, the NOG + GMO mixed system also contains droplets in addition to vesicles.

    Journal: Life

    Article Title: Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies

    doi: 10.3390/life11121413

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of Mg 2+ on pure NOG and NOG + GMO mixed vesicles. ( a ) NOG vesicles are stable in the control reaction (no externally added Mg 2+ ) and in the presence of 5 mM Mg 2+ . However, metal ion-induced aggregates appear in the reaction containing 6 mM Mg 2+ , along with free vesicles. Finally, in the presence of 7 mM Mg 2+ , vesicles completely collapse into large aggregates and no free vesicles are observed. ( b ) Addition of GMO to NOG system increases the stability of vesicles towards Mg 2+ ion. 6 mM NOG system completely collapses in the presence of 7 mM Mg 2+ and above. However, it takes 11 mM Mg 2+ to induce large aggregates in the case of NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed system. Notably, NOG + GMO mixture results in a heterogeneous population of vesicles and droplets unlike pure NOG system, which predominantly forms vesicles. Vesicles, droplets and aggregates are indicated by white, black, and red arrows respectively. Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm for all microscopy images, unless mentioned otherwise. ( c ) A distinct three-phase behavior of NOG-based vesicles is depicted with increasing concentrations of Mg 2+ . The vesicular phase (purple) contains only vesicles and no metal ion-induced aggregates. It is followed by a transition phase (grey) where both free vesicles and small metal ion-induced aggregates are simultaneously present. Finally, the aggregate phase (orange) contains only large-sized aggregates. Although, the color code of the three phases has been described in terms of vesicles and aggregates, the NOG + GMO mixed system also contains droplets in addition to vesicles.

    Article Snippet: All the amphiphile-based higher order structures like vesicles, droplets, and metal ion-induced aggregates that could result in a solution, were visualized using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy (Axio Imager Z1, Carl Zeiss, Germany) under 40× objective (NA = 0.75).

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    Re-formation of vesicles from magnesium-induced aggregates after the addition of a chelator. ( a ) Both pure NOG (6 mM) and NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed systems (top and bottom panels respectively) completely collapse into large aggregates in the presence of 12 mM Mg 2+ . However, the addition of EDTA in 1:1 mole equivalents to that of Mg 2+ results in the disassembly of aggregates with a concurrent reappearance of free vesicles (indicated by white arrows). ( b ) Similar effect is observed in the presence of citrate as a chelator, which was also added in 1:1 mole equivalents to that of Mg 2+ . Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm.

    Journal: Life

    Article Title: Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies

    doi: 10.3390/life11121413

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Re-formation of vesicles from magnesium-induced aggregates after the addition of a chelator. ( a ) Both pure NOG (6 mM) and NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed systems (top and bottom panels respectively) completely collapse into large aggregates in the presence of 12 mM Mg 2+ . However, the addition of EDTA in 1:1 mole equivalents to that of Mg 2+ results in the disassembly of aggregates with a concurrent reappearance of free vesicles (indicated by white arrows). ( b ) Similar effect is observed in the presence of citrate as a chelator, which was also added in 1:1 mole equivalents to that of Mg 2+ . Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm.

    Article Snippet: All the amphiphile-based higher order structures like vesicles, droplets, and metal ion-induced aggregates that could result in a solution, were visualized using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy (Axio Imager Z1, Carl Zeiss, Germany) under 40× objective (NA = 0.75).

    Techniques: Imaging, Microscopy

    Effect of Na + on the stability of NOG-based vesicles. 6 mM pure NOG vesicles tolerate Na + concentrations up to 300 mM, beyond which large metal ion-induced aggregates are formed (top panel). Also, the external addition of Na + to pure NOG vesicular system results in vesicle shrinkage and the formation of small droplets as observed in the 100 mM and 300 mM Na + reactions. The NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed system (bottom panel) forms a heterogeneous population of vesicles and droplets, which survives Na + concentrations up to 400 mM, beyond which metal ion-induced aggregates are formed. Vesicles, droplets and aggregates are indicated by white, black and red arrows respectively. Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm.

    Journal: Life

    Article Title: Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies

    doi: 10.3390/life11121413

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of Na + on the stability of NOG-based vesicles. 6 mM pure NOG vesicles tolerate Na + concentrations up to 300 mM, beyond which large metal ion-induced aggregates are formed (top panel). Also, the external addition of Na + to pure NOG vesicular system results in vesicle shrinkage and the formation of small droplets as observed in the 100 mM and 300 mM Na + reactions. The NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed system (bottom panel) forms a heterogeneous population of vesicles and droplets, which survives Na + concentrations up to 400 mM, beyond which metal ion-induced aggregates are formed. Vesicles, droplets and aggregates are indicated by white, black and red arrows respectively. Imaging was done using DIC microscopy. Scale bar is 10 µm.

    Article Snippet: All the amphiphile-based higher order structures like vesicles, droplets, and metal ion-induced aggregates that could result in a solution, were visualized using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy (Axio Imager Z1, Carl Zeiss, Germany) under 40× objective (NA = 0.75).

    Techniques: Imaging, Microscopy

    Vesicle formation by NOG-based amphiphile systems in hot spring water samples. Both pure NOG (6 mM) and NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed systems readily form vesicles (indicated by white arrows) in two different hot spring water samples with acronyms TIKB ( left panel ) and TIKC ( right panel ). Actual sites of sample collection are shown in top panels, while microscopy images for the vesicle formation in respective hot spring samples are shown in bottom panels. Vesicle morphology varies from unilamellar to multivesicular vesicles, which were visualized under DIC as well as fluorescence microscopy. For fluorescence imaging, vesicles were stained with an amphiphilic dye named octadecyl rhodamine-B chloride (R18). Fluorescence images are pseudocolored for a better visualization. Scale bar is 10 µm. TIKC sample collection site image was adapted from .

    Journal: Life

    Article Title: Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies

    doi: 10.3390/life11121413

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Vesicle formation by NOG-based amphiphile systems in hot spring water samples. Both pure NOG (6 mM) and NOG + GMO (6 mM; 2:1 ratio) mixed systems readily form vesicles (indicated by white arrows) in two different hot spring water samples with acronyms TIKB ( left panel ) and TIKC ( right panel ). Actual sites of sample collection are shown in top panels, while microscopy images for the vesicle formation in respective hot spring samples are shown in bottom panels. Vesicle morphology varies from unilamellar to multivesicular vesicles, which were visualized under DIC as well as fluorescence microscopy. For fluorescence imaging, vesicles were stained with an amphiphilic dye named octadecyl rhodamine-B chloride (R18). Fluorescence images are pseudocolored for a better visualization. Scale bar is 10 µm. TIKC sample collection site image was adapted from .

    Article Snippet: All the amphiphile-based higher order structures like vesicles, droplets, and metal ion-induced aggregates that could result in a solution, were visualized using differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy (Axio Imager Z1, Carl Zeiss, Germany) under 40× objective (NA = 0.75).

    Techniques: Microscopy, Fluorescence, Imaging, Staining