Influence of the triplet excited state on the photobleaching kinetics of fluorescein in microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2959-2968

  Song, Loling ^a,d   Varma, C A G O ^b   Verhoeven, J W ^c   Tanke, Hans J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MERCAPTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 0030029881     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79866-1     Document Type: Article

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