Macromolecular diffusion of biological polymers measured by confocal fluorescence recovery after photobleaching

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1032-1039

  Gribbon, Philip ^a   Hardingham, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MICROSPHERE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE;

EID: 0031870915     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77592-7     Document Type: Article

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