Near-field optical microscopy for DNA studies at the single molecular level

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-53

  Garcia Parajo, M F ^a   Veerman, J A ^a   Van Noort, S J T ^a   De Grooth, B G ^a   Greve, J ^a   Van Hulst, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA dye interactions; Near field fluorescent imaging; NSOM; Photodynamics; Shear force imaging; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE CONTROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0031897887     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199803)6:1<43::AID-BIO6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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