Abstract：
:Phase-dependent forms of microscopy (such as phase contrast, interference, or polarization microscopy) have been used for many years; the amount of phase retardation produces images based mainly on index of refraction. We have developed a microscope that forms images that depend on small differences in extinction for different forms of incident polarized light. By modulating the polarization of light incident on the sample and digitally recording the difference in intensities of transmitted light, we obtain images which specifically reveal either ordered linear structures or chiral (right- or left-handed) structures. Linearly polarized light, incident alternately with two perpendicular directions of polarization, forms images of structures which have linear order or linear orientation. Right-handed and left-handed circularly polarized light incident alternately on a sample forms images of chiral structures. Structures with neither linear order nor chirality are essentially invisible. Thus, images based on linear dichroism, circular dichroism, and linear and circular differential scattering can be used to detect specific types of structures which may be difficult to observe by conventional methods. We have used such 'linear and circular differential imaging' to study the structure of the nucleolus (the site of RNA synthesis) in live primary spermatocytes of Drosophila when they are transcriptionally active or inactive. Some inactive nucleoli are bipartite, with two distinct structures visible by differential scattering of both linearly and circularly polarized light. The active nucleolus is a single domain; it is clearly distinguished from part of the Y chromosome, and it shows different internal structure with linearly and circularly polarized light. Thus, polarization-dependent images reveal structures which can be associated with the transcriptional activity of cells.
journal_name
Naturejournal_title
Natureauthors
Mickols W,Maestre MF,Tinoco I Jrdoi
10.1038/328452a0subject
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1987-07-30 00:00:00pages
452-4issue
6129eissn
0028-0836issn
1476-4687journal_volume
328pub_type
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