Optimization of single-molecule fluorescence burst detection of ds-DNA: Application to capillary electrophoresis separations of 100-1000 basepair fragments

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1579-1584

  Haab, Brian B ^a   Mathies, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Confocal fluorescence microscopy; DNA diagnostics; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SEPARATION; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE BURST DETECTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031246791     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702971939136     Document Type: Article

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