Total internal reflection fluorescence: Applications in cellular biophysics

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Thompson, Nancy L ^a   Lagerholm, B Christoffer ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031015134     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80158-9     Document Type: Article

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