Autofluorescence of living cells

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Andersson, H ^a,c   Baechi, T ^a   Hoechl, M ^a   Richter, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Lipofuscin; Lysosomes; Mitochondria; NADH

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MITOCHONDRIA; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; LIPOFUSCIN; LIVING CELL; LYSOSOME; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MITOCHONDRIAS; NADH;

MAMMALS;

LIPOFUSCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; IMAGE QUALITY; LYSOSOME; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031859765     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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