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Table 2. Attributes of Available Techniques for Cellular Systems Characterization (acronyms)

Scale of Analysis

Information Needed

Technoques for Structure and Imaging

Static Characterization Techniques

Dynamic Characterization Techniques

Proteins

Components

Abundance

Structure

X-ray crystallography (angstrom)

Raman spectroscopy (angstrom)

Neutron crystallography (angstrom)

X-ray spectroscopy (sub-angstrom)

Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, tomography)

Electron crystallography

Infrared spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy

NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy

Microsampling

Microfluidics

Fluorescence

Scattering

Infrared spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy

NMR spectroscopy

Microsampling

Microfluidics

Fluorescence

Scattering

Molecular Machines

Components, active sites

Function, role, interchangeability, stressed behavior

X-ray crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, neutron scattering,
X-ray scattering, EM, multi- and hyperspectral fluorescence

Infrared spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy

NMR spectroscopy

Microsampling

Sensors

Pump-probe spectros.

Microsampling

Sensors

Labels (quantum dots, organic fluorescence)

Laue X-ray crystallography

Cellular

Components

Active sites

Function role

Interchangeability

Communication

Stressed behavior

X-ray microscopy

Scanning probes

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM)

Atomic force microscopy (1.0 nm)

Scanning near-field optical microscopy (NSOM or SNOM)

Scanning tunneling microscopy

Chemical force microscopy

Electrostatic force microscopy

Magnetic force microscopy

Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, tomography)

Far-field vibrational imaging (>10 microns)

Optical microscopy

Mass spectrometry

NMR spectroscopy

Probes

Raman spectroscopy

Neutron spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy

SPM

PH meter

Microsampling

Sensors

Multi- and hyperspectral fluorescence

Optical microscopy (one or multiphoton, scanning optical tomography; 200 nm in conventional mode; 5 nm in FRET/FLIM modes, FISH, CARS, SHM)

Raman spectroscopy

X-ray microscopy

Scanning probes

Mass spectroscopy

NMR spectroscopy

Probe spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy

SPM

Microsampling

Sensors

Fluorescence

Labels

Communities

In lab

In field

Components, active site, function, role, activators, interchangeability, stressed behavior

How to communicate?

Far-field vibrational imaging (>10 microns)

Optical microscopy (one or multiphoton, scanning optical tomography)

NMR imaging

Light-scattering spectroscopy

Ultrasound

Infrared spectroscopy

Raman spectoscopy

NMR spectroscopy

Microsampling

Sensors

Pump-probe spectroscopy

Microsampling

Stop-flow chromotography

Sensors

Labels