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membrane assemblies, make their study difficult. Improvements in labeling
methods' and imaging techniques' spatial and temporal resolution will certainly
overcome some of those drawbacks, making the study of membrane domains less
challenging.
Acknowledgments
STED images were obtained at the ICFO's Super-Resolution Light Nanoscopy Facility,
SLN@ICFO. We acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
(MAT2011-22887), Generalitat de Catalunya (2009 SGR 597), the European Commission
(FP7-ICT-2011-7, under grant agreement No. 288263), the HFSP (grant RGP0027/2012),
and the ICFONEST fellowship program, a Marie Curie Co-funding of Regional, National,
and International Programmes (COFUND) action of the European Commission.
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