Semiconductor nanocrystals as fluorescent biological labels

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5385, 1998, Pages 2013-2016

  Bruchez Jr , Marcel ^a,b   Moronne, Mario ^b   Gin, Peter ^b   Weiss, Shimon ^b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FLUORESCENT BIOLOGICAL LABELS; MOUSE FIBROBLASTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DEVICE; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; SULFIDES;

EID: 0012392952     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5385.2013     Document Type: Article

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