Dual-colour microscopy of single fluorophores bound to myosin interacting with fluorescently labelled actin using anti-stokes fluroscence

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Saito, K ^a   Tokunaga, M ^a   Iwane, A H ^b   Yanagida, T ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Stokes fluorescence; BODIPY FL; Cy3 ATP Cy3; Evanescent field; Fluorescence microscopy; Prismless TIRF microscopy; Rhodamine; Single molecular imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; COLOR; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FLUOROPHORES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANTI-STOKES; ANTI-STOKES FLUORESCENCE; BODIPY FL; CY3-ATP CY3; DUAL COLOR; PRISMLESS TIRF MICROSCOPY; RHODAMINE; SINGLE MOLECULAR IMAGING; TIRF MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOPOLYMER; FLUORESCENT DYE; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031459220     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2580814.x     Document Type: Article

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