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SR SIM and WF included diode laser 488-100 (488nm). Images were captured with an EM-CCD
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camera (Andor iXON EM+; 1004x1002 px, cooled at -64°C, 16-bit) at typical exposure times
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varying between 80-200 ms and with gain values between 20-25. High performance SR-SIM
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setup included 5 rotations and 5 phases of the grated pattern for each image layer. Gratings for
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patterned illumination were spaced by 42 µm for the 100x/NA1.57 oil immersion objective. Up
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to 7 (usually 3) Z-stacks were acquired per image with a slice thickness of 110nm for the
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100x/NA1.57 objectives. Light source for CLSM included Argon-Neon Laser (458, 488 and 514
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nm). Images were captured using GaAsP spectral detector, scanning speed 4, line averaging 4
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and pinhole: 1airy unit. CLSM was setup to meet the SR-SIM magnification (1008x and 1600x
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depending on the objective) in the optimum pixel resolution (according to Nyquist sampling
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criteria).
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For time lapsed imaging with SIM the Alpha Plan Apochromat 100x/NA1.57 oil objective was
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exclusively used and images were acquired from a single optical section. Grid rotations were
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reduced from 5 to 3 and the exposure time of the EM-CCD was reduced to minimum. In this
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way, time interval was 2.6 seconds and this value was used as a standard for WF (acquired
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simultaneously with SIM), CLSM, SD and TIRF in order to ensure similar temporal resolution
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employing the same objective.
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SIM, WF, CLSM and TIRF platforms are integrated in the Zeiss Elyra PS.1 system used hereby,
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therefore it was possible to acquire sequential time-lapsed series exactly from the same cell with
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the aforementioned microscopies. Spinning disc microscopy was conducted using an
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independent microscopy platform equipped with the Zeiss Axio Observer inverted microscope
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combined with a Yokogawa CSU-X1 scanning head. The same Alpha Plan Apochromat
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100x/NA1.57 oil objective, cover slips and immersion oil (Nexterion high precision coverslips
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and high refractive index Immersol HI as used for acquisition of SIM images) were used for
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bioimaging with this system. Images were acquired by high resolution camera Evolve 512 black-
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thinned EM-CCD (Photometrics).
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Image processing and quantitative analysis
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Raw CLSM, WF and SR SIM images were acquired with Zeiss Zen 11 software (Zen Blue
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version, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena). Measurements involving intensity profiles of
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individual microtubules or microtubule bundles were directly conducted in Zen 11. For multiple
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measurements, the original line selected for intensity profiling was cloned with the appropriate
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Zen 11 tool to different positions of the same or other individual or bundled microtubules in the
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image. To alleviate for differences in absolute intensity values between WF, SIM and CLSM
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images, raw values were exported to MS Excel, normalized to a range between 0 and 1 and
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plotted against distance. Scatter plots of normalized intensity values vs distance were used to
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measure FWHM with Image J.
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To quantitatively address bundle structure by means of maximum absolute fluorescence
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intensity, line profiles were drawn perpendicular to cortical microtubule bundles acquired by
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SIM (as depicted in Figs. 2A, D, G), based on visual inspection of the actual individual
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microtubules converging to such bundles, to avoid user bias on placing profiles based on
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intensity values. The respective profiles were then exactly copied to the corresponding WF
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image and the sequentially acquired CLSM image (appx. 2 min after the simultaneous
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acquisition of the SIM/WF image). This was done because absolute fluorescence intensities of
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individual microtubules visualized by WF and CLSM showed broad variability, thus absolute
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fluorescence intensity could not serve as a predictor to decide the placement of the profile as to
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correspond the microtubule number independently for WF and CLSM.
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Kymographs of dynamic microtubules were generated by three alternative ways: either by using
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the time profile tool of the Zen 2011 blue version, or in Image J, on line selections of time stacks
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subsequently resliced, or by using the MultipleKymograph plugin for Image J
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(http://www.embl.de/eamnet/html/body_kymograph.html) developed by J. Rietdorf and A. Seitz
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(European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany). Quantitative analysis of
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kymographs was done again in ImageJ using the Kymoquant plugin
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(http://cmci.embl.de/downloads/kymoquant) written by Koto Miura (European Molecular
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Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany).
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Catastrophe and rescue frequencies were calculated according to previously published work
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(Dhonukshe and Gadella, 2003). Briefly, total number of events (summed from as many
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individual microtubules as reported in text) was divided by total amount of time required for
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