Molecular rotors as fluorescent probes for biological studies

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-160

  Viriota, M L ^a   Carre M C ^a   Geoffroy Chapotot, C ^a   Brembilla, A ^b   Muller, S ^c   Stoltz, J F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LAB DE CHIM PHYS MACROMOLECULAIRE   (France)

^c NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

3D fluorescence microscopy; Amphiphilic polymers; Amphiphilic probes; Cryo transmission electron microscopy; Fluorescent molecular rotors; Hydrophobic microdomains; Liposomes

Indexed keywords

4 (N,N DIMETHYLAMINO)BENZENE; 4 (N,N DIMETHYLAMINO)BENZYLIDENE; 4 (N,N DIMETHYLAMINO)CINNAMYLIDENE; BIOPOLYMER; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; SENSOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031795204     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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