A modified confocal laser scanning microscope allows fast ultraviolet ratio imaging of intracellular Ca2+ activity using Fura-2

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 653-663

  Nitschke, R ^a   Wilhelm, S ^b   Borlinghaus, R ^b   Leipziger, J ^a   Bindels, R ^c   Greger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acousto optic tunable filter; Confocal microscopy; Fura 2; HT29 cells; Ratio imaging

Indexed keywords

FURA 2;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CALCIUM; CELL LINE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0001657042     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050327     Document Type: Article

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