Recent advances in microscopy have enabled imaging of cell surface receptors at ever higher resolutions. A report using the latest technology now provides evidence that the T cell antigen receptor and the adaptor Lat are confined to small islands, which cluster together after triggering of the T cell antigen receptor.
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van der Merwe, P., Dunne, P., Klenerman, D. et al. Taking T cells beyond the diffraction limit. Nat Immunol 11, 51–52 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0110-51
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